Auray – “We walk in the sky”: in Auray, tightrope walkers animate a sensitive neighborhood

Auray We walk in the sky in Auray tightrope

Clinging to the pendulum, Camille advances cautiously on a Kevlar thread stretched above the ground. “Raise your head,” whispers Tatiana Mosio-Bogonga as she helps the 9-year-old girl balance herself. A few meters further on, Jan Naets reassures little Shel’sy: her mismatched socks won’t prevent her from walking in the air. Since their arrival in Auray … Read more

“A sky of stones. Voyage en Atacama”, by Matthieu Gounelle: the melancholy of meteorites

A sky of stones Voyage en Atacama by Matthieu Gounelle

In the Atacama Desert, Chile. MARCIO CABRA/BIOSPHOTO VIA AFP “A sky of stones. Voyage en Atacama”, by Matthieu Gounelle, illustrations by Frédéric Pajak, Gallimard, “Le sentiment historique”, 128 p., €14.50. There are distinctions that conceal a much stronger power of attraction than a Goncourt or a Medici. They open up to the reader a space … Read more

Ascension Meditation C: “Why do you stay looking up at the sky?” -Vatican News

Jesuit Father Antoine Kerhuel introduces us to meditation with the Ascension readings from Year C Celebrating the Ascension – as many countries do this Sunday – means: welcoming the presence of the Risen One in our lives. Such an affirmation may surprise because we know well that the Ascension is a departure: the eyes of … Read more

The astrological sky does not correspond to the astronomical sky

The astrological sky does not correspond to the astronomical sky

The astronomical sky and the astrological sky are not the same. Although astrology borrows astronomical notions, this set of beliefs is not to be confused with astronomy, which is a science. One can doubt its interpretations, but there is one thing that is hard to deny about astrology: its popularity. Astrology, a body of beliefs … Read more