Windows Of The Soul
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Every artistic effort, every media production, is a window to the soul of its creator. Our media culture is also a window--to the soul of humanity. As Christian communicators, we strive to let Christ's light within us glow through the windows of our souls--our media productions.
Celtic legend is ripe with tales of people moving between the physical and faerie realms. With the passage of time it is now only our souls that can pierce this veil between worlds. This is because our souls are eternal, like the spiritual world, without beginning or end.
This is a Collection of art that focuses around the eyes. The eyes hold a lot of emotion and are considered by some to be the window to the soul. By looking into the eyes you can see pain, happiness, sadness, anger and an array of other emotions or even a lack of emotion. This collection contains pieces that show the emotions of the eyes.
Old building enthusiasts often cringe at the very bad things that have been done to original windows. For whatever reason, historical significance or pure aesthetics, the proportions, style, design and materials of windows have a big impact on the appearance and perception of buildings.
Personally, while the bricking in or covering up of original window openings is a sad occurrence, the replacement of a large, elegantly proportioned window with a tiny, postage stamp size, new window is also a real affront. And, it is startling to see an intact row of matching houses with the original fenestration pattern disrupted by strangely proportioned or oddly shaped replacement windows.
In historic neighborhoods the pattern of windows and doors is important since it creates (or disrupts) the visual rhythm and harmony of the streetscape. Maintaining the original pattern of windows helps connect the buildings of the neighborhood and conveys a sense of design authenticity and balance. If all the windows on the block were always tall and narrow and evenly spaced, substituting small square ones, somewhat randomly placed seems like a bad idea.
The use of hexagonal porthole windows is always a surprise when they pop up on traditional buildings, not sea-worthy vessels. horizontal awning type windows compliment low slung ranch style houses but look out of place when inserted where tall vertical windows once prevailed. Such changes were often done to modernize old buildings and make them appear more in keeping with the current times.
Of course, the use of cheaper, smaller windows on historic buildings often reflects a bigger issue than just changing taste. It is sometimes a sign of economic disinvestment in older communities and evidence of the lack of perceived architectural value of the original buildings. The challenges of repurposing old buildings are very real and communities all over the state struggle to find new uses for buildings whose original function is no longer needed. Sometimes the transition to a new use is not a good fit from an architectural integrity perspective.
The large windows perfect for a commercial enterprise may pose a challenge for conversion to residential use. So, is an unsympathetic rehab better than abandonment and perhaps loss of a historic building? Maybe, might be the answer, even if preservationists may not be satisfied with the visual outcome. There is always a chance that a unsympathetically rehabilitated old building may fare better at a later time under better economic circumstances or a more suitable reuse.
God giveth, taketh away, and sometimes leaveth collateral damage, which is why Don Young is smarting these days. The local glass artist, wife Debora Young, and several other helpers spent more than eight years creating 32 stained-glass windows that were placed inside a chapel at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on West Seminary Drive. The Youngs expected to spend the next 10 years or so creating three-dozen more windows to complete their commission.
In 2013, the Youngs began working on the windows after being hired by Dorothy Patterson, the wife of then-seminary president Paige Patterson. She wanted to depict modern leaders of the conservative resurgence in life-sized glory on colored and etched glass and hang them in the MacGorman Chapel and Performing Arts Center, a two-story, 60,000-square-foot building on the seminary campus.
The Youngs dealt with Dorothy rather than Paige Patterson while working on the windows. She provided photos of the people she wanted depicted in the windows. The Youngs enlisted the help of local sculptor and illustrator Deran Wright, who would hand-draw the people based on the photos. Then Young would etch the drawings into the glass.
The Youngs had received about $1 million over the years to create the windows, although much of that was eaten up in material and labor costs, he said. Still, the steady income over the years allowed the couple to pay off their home 10 years early.
Much of the money raised to pay for the windows came from the people depicted in them, and they will be given the opportunity to take possession of the windows specific to them, Young said. I emailed Paige Patterson at his website to seek an interview with him and Dorothy but did not hear back by press time.
I have studied faces in family photos over the years and been fascinated by the change in countenance of children as they enter their teen years. The faces of youth often convey an innocent, unpretentious joy and sincerity; however, those same faces with the passing of years sometimes etch on their countenances an angry, rebellious, squint-eyed appearance. I have observed in those rebellious eyes a hollow, desensitized soul that is frightening, cold and tragic. 781b155fdc