On the very first day of the workshop/6-day recollection, our teacher quoted Vladislav Andrejev; and I will remember the words always whenever I work on a sacred art, and have brush and paint in hand: "As you write the icon, the icon writes you."
I have an inclination towards the Arts, but never had any formal education related to it. I attended a 10-day painting class about eight or nine years ago, and that's about it. There is something in painting that relaxes me, clears my mind, and allows me to contemplate the Beauty that God has made in Creation. That's why even on my own, I risk painting, and one day hope to finish an "obra maestra." I am very much aware that I do not have the professional know-how about the discipline of painting, so I risk expressing myself using brushes and tubes of paint.
Lately however, it had been extremely challenging to finish a painting, especially those of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus. I have started several, but they're all unfinished. I would try my best to find time, but something more urgent would come that would require my immediate attention. At one point I decided, maybe I really just need to put them all on hold for a while. I felt I needed a little bit more inspiration.
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| The icon of the Holy Trinity in tempera by Andrei Rublev (ca.1411 or 1425-27) |
Lately however, it had been extremely challenging to finish a painting, especially those of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus. I have started several, but they're all unfinished. I would try my best to find time, but something more urgent would come that would require my immediate attention. At one point I decided, maybe I really just need to put them all on hold for a while. I felt I needed a little bit more inspiration.
