The Historical Vagabond·Mar 9, 2025The Almost-Forgotten Couvent des Annonciades in BordeauxIn the vibrant French city of Bordeaux, a little off the typical tourist route is a former convent that contains the only Renaissance era…
InThe Taoist OnlinebyMatteo DaVerona·Feb 6, 2024How I Was Healed in A Cloister in North ItalyOn simplicity, healing and the existence of GodA response icon2A response icon2
Susanna Bautista·Jun 2, 20212021: The Other Cloisters’ ArtA mural of a camel hung up on the dimly lit stone wall. I noticed the shadows and the way that light bounced off the walls or seeped…
Anne Born·Jul 2, 2020Visiting the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela Cloister — What Am I Looking At Here?When I graduated from the University of Michigan with a newly minted BA in Art History, I wanted to make the world safe for art. I wanted…
Andalucinda·May 6, 2020This Cloistered Life: Reflections on the coronavirus lockdownTHIS CLOISTERED LIFE
VVieden&Xennedy·Apr 1, 202010 emotions rote groups shouldn’t stop Hair-BraidingHair-Braiding is neither a fairly superfluous sentimental trash and other-attack, but also complexly low-jagged mental solution…
VVieden&Xennedy·Mar 13, 2020THERE’S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME TO BE CODEPENDENT, AND WE CAN THINK OF A WORSE TIME TO BE CODEPENDENT…“They ended as a BOAT OF GENIUSES. And that, you softly deny, is why they have failed. They were easily ignoring what a concealing body…
S M Chen·May 20, 2016Another Cloister WalkKathleen Norris authored ’A Cloister Walk’ (verdict: highly recommended; a NY Times Bestseller) in the mid-1990s.
