tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post1855720902566388192..comments2024-02-13T11:11:28.246+00:00Comments on Bishop Alan’s Blog: Another way of seeing — iconsBishop Alan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-81223911159842384582008-02-02T20:20:00.000+00:002008-02-02T20:20:00.000+00:00It's fascinating when the whole is so obviously mo...It's fascinating when the whole is so obviously more than the sum of the parts! Abstract work always really annoys he more literalist "What's that supposed to be?" people, but it's so much more open to meaning than chocolate box stuff. I was amazed when Tate Modern opened how easily my then teenaged children could read all kinds of meaning easily, whilst I had to be reading all the little label things...<BR/><BR/>I;m sure we're in a far more visually literate society than even ten years ago — got to be good news for churches who can think visually.Bishop Alan Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-20900078361568446552008-02-02T14:00:00.000+00:002008-02-02T14:00:00.000+00:00Seeing is belieiving, as they say. I handed over a...Seeing is belieiving, as they say. I handed over a painting I'd done for a friend's new house when they were a few other people around to. The picture, like many of my paintings, was abstract rather than literal and the people gathered saw a lot more in it than I had painted. Now when I look at it, I see them too, as well as my original intentions and new things every now and then! <BR/><BR/>It is a shame that we seem to underestimate the power of artistic expression in our churches sometimes.Sarah Brushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236968235027502431noreply@blogger.com