Easter - a time for sentiment or hard questions

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This morning I went to the Wesley Church Floral interpretations for Holy week, did some sketches and took photographs, but regarding the latter, there is a copyright on the reflective pieces, so I only posted two so have a quick peek but do not copy!


The problem for many people I am sure is whether sentiment or strong images are right for the journey of Jesus towards the Cross. Hymns and floral decorations etc. tend to make it pretty and easy, but really it was a terrifying time, a brutal time, a murder. But if the ministers used their data projectors to show segments from that movie, 'The Passion' there might be vomiting in the aisles! The 14 'scenes' at Wesley were tastefully made up of objects, flowers, colour schemes as a reminder of the different stories during Holy Week to trigger an imaginative and prayerful response. I realise my drawings are pretty weak, but when I tried to make stronger images with photo-edit, the pictures just didn't work! Only one worked!

Wesley Art display for Holy Week in Geelong

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This morning I went to Wesley Church to see the art display for Holy Week - at least ten displays focussing on the way to the Cross. Lots of symbols, some memorabilia, paintings, icons, quilts. I did a few sketches and two of them I painted. I. a hand-carved Celtic Cross from Iona. 2 a painting based on a collection of stones and leaves to represent the grave. I added the Jordan River. It was very yellow so I tried out some tints. The 'glowing' picture turned out to be a bit more than mysterious - it's quite strange! I used Picasa for the special effects!