“Truth is truth to the end of reckoning,” William Shakespeare. A trio of stories concerning Truth. The Devil One day the devil was walking along with one of his demons when they saw a man ahead of them bend down and pick up something shiny. “What did he find?” askedContinue Reading
“The Truth behind the legend of Saint George and the Dragon is that Good will triumph over Evil.” The Man, Saint, and Martyr The early gothic art form of the 12th-14th centuries, from which I draw much of my inspiration, borrowed many elements from the iconographic form that preceded it.Continue Reading
“Rejection and failure are facts of our existence.” How we respond to failure, rejection, or criticism says a great deal about our character and our commitment to what we believe in. When we find what we truly believe we are called to do, do we stick with it or doContinue Reading
“the crucifixion and the resurrection go together, they cannot be separated,” From the Rheinau Psalter, circa A.D. 1260 Just a few days earlier it appeared that all was lost. Jesus, whom the twelve had followed for the last three years, is arrested, condemned, and put to death in the mostContinue Reading
“We are surrounded by miracles, every day, but we have become so accustomed to them we fail to see them.” The Camel An old story tells us about the first time man saw a camel. According to the story the first man to ever see a camel was frightened byContinue Reading
From the Rheinau Psalter, circa A.D. 1260 In his book “The Spirit of the Liturgy,” Cardinal Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, touches upon the difference between the Iconographic art form and the Gothicart form. “The depiction(in the Gothic) is no longer of the Pantocrator, the Lord of all, leading us intoContinue Reading
“Faith is the remedy for fear. If we have faith, there is little we need fear.” It sometimes seems that our pilgrimage here on earth takes us through a landscape of fear. We are surrounded by circumstances and situations we do not understand, and ignorance can lead us toContinue Reading
“Go to Joseph” There is a story that explains why Saint Joseph is often depicted with a flowering staff. According to tradition, The Virgin Mary was consecrated to the Temple. She lived within the Temple complex and was by the men and women who also lived there, filling their variousContinue Reading
“let us bring the burdens of our lives to be transformed by the mysteries of your Body and Blood into the grace that redeems both us and the world.” A traditional “Western” icon, Christ in Majesty. After the Great Schism between the east and west. The Western Church continued toContinue Reading
“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.” -St. Joan of Arc Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans. I wanted to depictContinue Reading