So, my sister called me last night while she was walking to her car and asked me to be one of her "followers" (I still think that term makes me sound like a minion). So I did, and then I remembered that I had a blog.
Here is a picture I did probably 9 months ago, just after I came back from Israel. It is of Pope Shenouda, the leader of the Coptic church. I think I like writing about my religious pictures because they are more true to my spirit. I do not believe that art has any special spiritual power, simply because it is so subjective. But it does have something, and I like trying to channel my spiritual narrative close to my art one. I think it makes both of them feel more real. That being said, I am not sure that this picture has any religious ideology behind it other than the sort of musty, reverential emotional experience that I had visiting the churches in the Middle East. It made me excited about my artistic heritage as a Christian.
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