If you took my class you might be familiar with the process. This is a quick overview but if you want the whole 9 lesson course, you can find it here.
Or, maybe we should do the class all over again.
<<— This is not a pipe! A painting is NOT the thing, right? So …
This is Not Jesus! Ok, it looks like Jesus. Or it looks to YOU like Jesus. Or it looks to the artist like Jesus.
But when we say: What do you see? we don’t answer Jesus. The answer might be: “A man with a beard and a white robe, who looks like Jesus”. and that is a more honest answer that will help us better analyze the painting.
So we start with the question What do you see? and we look closely at the painting and identify OBJECTIVELY what we see.
Then we ask the question What do you feel? Now is the time to be SUBJECTIVE, because everybody approaches a painting differently. do you like the painting? does it make you happy? Sad? Uncomfortable? Confused? Irritated? Scared?
Next we ask questions about the painting. What do you wonder about? What is the painting called? Who painted it? What is it about? When was it painted? Why was it painted? Questions sometimes spark new questions. Sometimes, because this is a faith based class, we read related Bible passages and inquire about those as well.
Finally, we delve deeper asking What do you think? This is the time for you to express your thoughts on the painting, the artist, the subject matter, and your faith.
Now go back to the EMAIL. Or go back to the blog. (Thank you, Ken)