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T R I P T O G R A C E
In the summer of 2000 while going through a box of miscellaneous items at an antique market, I came upon a small wooden figure of Christ, its arms long since broken and lost. I knew two things for sure, it was a special object and from a purely selfish and artistic point of view I knew it would photograph very well. Soon I became aware of its ‘precious’ nature and I felt compelled to care for it in a way one generally does not care for inanimate objects. One day I found a magnolia leaf that had fallen and dried from the previous winter and when I saw it I knew that it would be the arms to hold this special figure. It then occurred to me that I would cover the magnolia leaf with gold. And that is where the figure of Christ stays to this day. The photographs in this collection were taken in my backyard in the summer of 2004 over a period of a few days, all the photographs except for PIETA and EASTER are actually reflections in a small pool of water next to my pond. After looking at them for a long time I began to form some thoughts about just what these pictures meant to me. I began to wonder about ‘the time between’ the crucifixion of Christ and the resurrection, his time in the tomb. My first thoughts were how alone and rejected Christ might have felt and how alienated he was from the souls he had come to save. However, after looking at the pictures over and over, a thought occurred to me, and one I found most comforting. Maybe, just maybe he slept.
John Hill
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