Arthur Aghajanian is a writer and educator who lives in Los Angeles. He writes on visual culture as a Christian contemplative, exploring the ways images help us understand deeper truths in our shared human experience. He holds an M.F.A. from Otis College of Art and Design. His work can be found on https://imageandfaith.com.
Saul’s gesture reminds me of a Kramer pratfall, where loss of control over the body is theatricalized.
Do you want to know What goes on in the core of the Trinity? I will tell you. In the core of the Trinity the Father laughs and gives birth to the Son. The Son laughs back at the Father and gives birth to the Spirit. The whole Trinity laughs and gives birth to us. […]
Reimagining Paradise and Compassion
On Frederic Edwin Church's The Heart of the Andes
A Holy Place Whether we think of paradise as a place or a state of being, it is fundamentally unitive in nature, characterized by the harmonious interrelationship of all creation. By 1859, inspired by his travels to South America, the American artist Frederic Edwin Church had painted The Heart of the Andes. It is a […]
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