Donald Heinz writes,
In Christian Europe, artists and patrons for a very long time were painting themselves into manger scenes, and librettists were giving poignant lines to contemporary hearers of oratorio narratives. The idea was to rescue sacred story from inert nostalgia and reinvest agency in a passive audience of hearers and onlookers. (Christmas: Festival of Incarnation, 19)
How might you actively hear and see the Christmas story today? How might you paint yourself into the manger scene?
0 Comments