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| we do weddings really wellI was at an Orthodox wedding this weekend-- it was the first one I'd seen outside of my own. It was really pretty, and I got to relive some of my own wedding. There were big chunks of the ceremony I had forgotten, to be honest.
But we do weddings very well, I think. | | |
| oh yeah, I still have a blogI've been busy with life stuff and being married and the like.
Merry Chistmas. | | |
| more icon junkBeloved_Speak asked 'did you find the process of creating it [the icon] to be meditative?'
Not really, but mostly because it was a class; there was someone always looking over your shoulder and correcting you. I would guess that when you're "good at it" and can do a lot of the stuff without overthinking that it might take on a meditative quality.
I'm working on a second one now; it's a different experience, but not a relaxing one, as I'm a little focused on my paint mixing skills, which could best be described as 'primitive'. We'll see if it becomes meditative; for now, I pray a little before I start work, and when I am done. We'll see if that evolves into a prayerful process.
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| like an icon, but slightly uglier
Here's the result from the first class. The picture isn't all that great, as I am using 'photo booth' to take it. | | |
| because answering questions makes for easy entriesSonnetjoy queries "Why is it called "writing" an icon?"
For a variety of reasons--
- The literal translation of the Greek is "image writing".
- It's a throwback to the time when a lot of people were illiterate, and icons served as a major medium of 'written' communication to them, through their symbolic nature.
- It's a reminder to the faithful that there is something 'different' about these images; using a different term for 'created a picture of' reinforces that.
- It's a reminder that icons are not 'art' in the sense that people creating them are putting creative expression into them. The creation of icons is a form of prayer. It's more like copying an illuminated manuscript than it is painting a picture.
That having been said, our instructor uses 'painting' all the time to describe the process, and I'm inclined to use it amongst other Orthodoxen. Like the difference between 'pray','venerate', and 'intercede', it's a distinction I'm more careful with when talking to non-Orthodox folk. | | |
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