Reflections from the Work
The Goldfinch 7.7.2025
Blessing the Bread 16.7.2025
From the Sickle to the Scythe 17.7.2025
From Loaf to Wafers 23.7.2025
Ichthys 30.7.2025
When Village Hands Carved Arches 30.7.2025
Short essays drawn from the creative and research process behind our images and videos.
These are not arguments or analyses—just quiet notes formed during the work itself. Some are born from historical research in sacred art, biblical Israel, and the lives of the saints. Others emerge while refining a biblical scene, decoding symbolism in medieval Catholic paintings, or discerning the meaning of gesture, posture, and form in traditional iconography.
They are written for those drawn to Christian symbolic meaning in sacred art, or who simply value silence, craft, and faith in visual form—for those who believe that even in a digital world, devotional Catholic art grounded in Scripture and tradition still matters.
“The Lord gave,
and the Lord has taken away;
blessed be the name of the Lord.”
—Job 1:21 (RSV2CE)
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