Glass Window Adventure

"I'm pretty sure God/dess wants us to be happy", that was the thought that popped into my mind when doing this daily adventure. It is 7 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper. It reminds me of the stained glass windows in the old churches of Europe. At times, even as they were being built, there was controversy over the ornateness of the cathedrals. Why should there be such grandiose amounts of money put into a building while people were poor and needed food, and was the decoration a distraction from the people's worship and spiritual relationship?

Have you ever stepped into one of those churches when there were not a lot of tourists? They're so quiet and filled with a deep listening patience that today's high speed highways, drive in food and drive out religion, quick to think, quick to speak, and slow to know what just happened, life is missing in daily practice. I imagine that as the artists worked on those cathedrals they had a lot of time to contemplate their own values and relationship with life, the seen and unseen.

When the light comes through stained glass windows there is a rainbow of colors and stories. A great light has always accompanied God/dess and the Heavenly Host. People talk about seeing something through "rose tinted glasses" as if that were a bad thing. Sometimes, it is easier for people to experience a loving connection when there is beauty around them. In the movie "Babbette's Feast", after Babbette has spent all her money on a feast for the townspeople someone commented on her not having anymore money, to which she replied "An artist is never poor". If taking delight in beauty was unlike feeding one's self, God/dess would not have made flowers.

Let the Light in and let the Light out.

Your eyes are your own stained glass windows, let your light shine.