Comments on: Art as Bridge to Social Justice http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/05/art-as-bridge-to-social-justice/ Unity in charity, diversity in truth Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:17:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: M. Alexander http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/05/art-as-bridge-to-social-justice/#comment-6402 M. Alexander Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:46:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/05/art-as-bridge-to-social-justice/#comment-6402 I'm just happy it was a fertility goddess if you know what I mean? LOL<BR/><BR/>Looks like something the Daughters of St. Paul will be stocking in their shelves. I’m just happy it was a fertility goddess if you know what I mean? LOL

Looks like something the Daughters of St. Paul will be stocking in their shelves.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/05/art-as-bridge-to-social-justice/#comment-6403 Anonymous Fri, 02 Jun 2006 05:08:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/05/art-as-bridge-to-social-justice/#comment-6403 Well I don't have a problem with Our Lady or Jesus being depicted in various ethnicities - I don't think that REALLY matters since we don't actually know what they looked like. As long as Mary is a woman, Jesus is a man and they are depicted in a respectful and holy manner it is ok.<BR/><BR/>All this sophia stuff though? Man, I can't believe there are people still into that stuff! It is so INSULTING to suggest that women have to go this route just to feel "comfortable" in the Church - please! This is just so awful and it has nothing to do with the colour of the eyes of Jesus or Mary.<BR/><BR/>Bec Well I don’t have a problem with Our Lady or Jesus being depicted in various ethnicities - I don’t think that REALLY matters since we don’t actually know what they looked like. As long as Mary is a woman, Jesus is a man and they are depicted in a respectful and holy manner it is ok.

All this sophia stuff though? Man, I can’t believe there are people still into that stuff! It is so INSULTING to suggest that women have to go this route just to feel “comfortable” in the Church - please! This is just so awful and it has nothing to do with the colour of the eyes of Jesus or Mary.

Bec

]]> By: stan gabel http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/05/art-as-bridge-to-social-justice/#comment-6404 stan gabel Wed, 31 May 2006 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/05/art-as-bridge-to-social-justice/#comment-6404 that hagia sofia/pantocrator icon is hideous and blasphemous. it looks like she's holding a turd. i've seen stuff like this before in regards to Mary and Child paintings. I guess we need to accept some inculturization. most of the images of Jesus and Mary i'm accustomed to have blue eyes. even during apparitions, people see Mary with familiar characteristics. but i don't like when Mary looks too ethinic or dark. but that's my opinion. <BR/><BR/>the least offensive one to me is the icon of st. micheal. since he's an angel, he's immaterial and his image is always a subjective matter, as long as he's a man and looks tough. personally, i picture st. micheal with the physique and attitude of hulk hogan. that would be cool, a icon of st. micheal in the image of the hulkster. that hagia sofia/pantocrator icon is hideous and blasphemous. it looks like she’s holding a turd. i’ve seen stuff like this before in regards to Mary and Child paintings. I guess we need to accept some inculturization. most of the images of Jesus and Mary i’m accustomed to have blue eyes. even during apparitions, people see Mary with familiar characteristics. but i don’t like when Mary looks too ethinic or dark. but that’s my opinion.

the least offensive one to me is the icon of st. micheal. since he’s an angel, he’s immaterial and his image is always a subjective matter, as long as he’s a man and looks tough. personally, i picture st. micheal with the physique and attitude of hulk hogan. that would be cool, a icon of st. micheal in the image of the hulkster.

]]> By: Tobias Petrus http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/05/art-as-bridge-to-social-justice/#comment-6405 Tobias Petrus Tue, 30 May 2006 19:26:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/05/art-as-bridge-to-social-justice/#comment-6405 Gah! Someone needs to inform these (non-)artistic nitwits that Our Lady actually modelled for the image of Our Lady of Guadelupe on Blessed Juan Diego's tilma and that they should follow that outline if they wish to call their icons by that name. Also, why do they need to make the image more sensitive to the Indians, mestizos, and Creoles who already use the image, as it is, for every thing from T-shirts to (cringe) tattoos? These "artists" are just engaging in dangerous witchcraft stuff (witness the "sophia" icon with the cruciform halo proper to Our Lord) and are trying to use a cover. Some other great icons of theirs: Our Lady of Zion (?), which is Our Lady holding Our Lord, wearing the Star of David sash and locked up in a Nazi concentration camp; and something about gay "victims" of AIDS. Gah! Someone needs to inform these (non-)artistic nitwits that Our Lady actually modelled for the image of Our Lady of Guadelupe on Blessed Juan Diego’s tilma and that they should follow that outline if they wish to call their icons by that name. Also, why do they need to make the image more sensitive to the Indians, mestizos, and Creoles who already use the image, as it is, for every thing from T-shirts to (cringe) tattoos? These “artists” are just engaging in dangerous witchcraft stuff (witness the “sophia” icon with the cruciform halo proper to Our Lord) and are trying to use a cover. Some other great icons of theirs: Our Lady of Zion (?), which is Our Lady holding Our Lord, wearing the Star of David sash and locked up in a Nazi concentration camp; and something about gay “victims” of AIDS.

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