writing icons
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:17 am
Hello! I am in Dallas tx taking a workshop (for lack of a better word) on writing(painting) icons.
It is taught by a woman who is russian orthodox.I knew a little about icons before I took the class.It has been almost over whelming all the teaching discussion of the icons and what they mean to their church body, and than creating them.
It is explained they were created very early on, like the holy bible was but in pictures.St.Luke is suppose to be one of the earliest iconographers.The steps in making one are very beautiful and reverent unto God.Every little brush stroke has a meaning, colors, the gold how applied with your breath to the earth clay base(rep. mans being formed from the earth),amazing !And on and on.
I know alot of folks years ago did not know how to read. They take it as a very sacred honor to "write them.We are not allowed to change them at all etc because it would be like changing Gods Holy word, except in ornamental places. I find it fascinating, beautiful but I also do not want to get caught into some thing that could be very "religious" meaning being brought down by church dogma, rather than Gods "truth" and the freedom in Christ.
I thought Id throw this out here for discussion. I have to go to class and will not be back until later.I know folks probably have opinions on these maybe as "idols", but I do have to say before I became more knowledgeable in them, I had more of a outlook on them as idols and just how beautiful and sometimes "weird" in faces etc they were, now I find myself having a much deeper respect for them.A spiritual connection.
Thank you for any and all replies. God less your day!
Glow
It is taught by a woman who is russian orthodox.I knew a little about icons before I took the class.It has been almost over whelming all the teaching discussion of the icons and what they mean to their church body, and than creating them.
It is explained they were created very early on, like the holy bible was but in pictures.St.Luke is suppose to be one of the earliest iconographers.The steps in making one are very beautiful and reverent unto God.Every little brush stroke has a meaning, colors, the gold how applied with your breath to the earth clay base(rep. mans being formed from the earth),amazing !And on and on.
I know alot of folks years ago did not know how to read. They take it as a very sacred honor to "write them.We are not allowed to change them at all etc because it would be like changing Gods Holy word, except in ornamental places. I find it fascinating, beautiful but I also do not want to get caught into some thing that could be very "religious" meaning being brought down by church dogma, rather than Gods "truth" and the freedom in Christ.
I thought Id throw this out here for discussion. I have to go to class and will not be back until later.I know folks probably have opinions on these maybe as "idols", but I do have to say before I became more knowledgeable in them, I had more of a outlook on them as idols and just how beautiful and sometimes "weird" in faces etc they were, now I find myself having a much deeper respect for them.A spiritual connection.
Thank you for any and all replies. God less your day!
Glow