OAR@UM Community: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15373 2026-09-15T22:42:42Z 2026-09-15T22:42:42Z Il-persistenza tal-memorja https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149150 2026-09-15T10:42:59Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: Il-persistenza tal-memorja Abstract: Waħda mill-pitturi importanti tas-surrealiżmu hija La persistencia de la memària (1931) ta' Salvador Dali. Minkejja li mhijiex pittura b'tema reliġjuża toffri meditazzjoni ikonografika dwar il-ħin, il-ħolm, u l-kuxjenza spiritwali fl-arti tasseklu għoxrin. Din il-pittura fuq tila żgħira hija magħrufa għall-arloġġi tagħha mdewba u li spiss ġiet interpretata psikoloġikament mil-laqta tal-ħsieb psiko-analitiku ta' Sigmund Freud u wkoll mil-laqta xjentifika tal-fiżika moderna. Madankollu lil hinn mill-psikoloġija u x-xjenza, il-pittura ġġorr fiha wkoII tifsira spiritwali u mistika. Jekk nersqu lejha minn din il-laqta simbolika din il-pittura tkellimna fuq iż-żmien li jgħaddi, l-eternità, u t-traxxendenza. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z Disrupting the illusion https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149148 2026-09-15T10:34:59Z 2026-03-01T00:00:00Z Title: Disrupting the illusion Abstract: Faith often unfolds by walking within the shadows before the light becomes clear. 2026-03-01T00:00:00Z When a loaf transfigures https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149094 2026-09-14T11:27:49Z 2026-06-01T00:00:00Z Title: When a loaf transfigures Abstract: We are called to reject the logic of domination and instead embrace the way of peace, compassion and hope. 2026-06-01T00:00:00Z From a single drop to a river https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149092 2026-09-14T11:22:34Z 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z Title: From a single drop to a river Abstract: Elif Shafak’s There are Rivers in the Sky (2024) brings together in one narrative three independent stories – one situated in the 19th century and two in the 20th. The stories flow naturally from an introductory story titled ‘By the River Tigris, in olden times’. Revolving around water and rivers, the three stories unfold into five sections: I. Raindrop; II. Mysteries of Water; III. Restless River; IV. Memories of Water; V. Flood. The central section focuses on the theme of a river that is restless. [excerpt] 2026-07-01T00:00:00Z