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Writing: Jesus' hands raised.
There's an artistic creation at the front of my church, like the outline of a human-looking creature (that I suspect is supposed to represent Jesus) raising his hands. Around the art-work, there's hundreds of stone-looking shapes surrounding this "man". It sort of looks like a shattered plate, that someone's tried to put together again, or like bricks surrounding this creature, if that makes sense?
And its inspired me, and I'd love to write something about it, for a class or just for myself, I don't know.. just kinda put it into a story, and maybe show it to the artist?
The problem is my lack in fantasy, where do I start this story? Do I start by explaining why he's holding up his hands (not that I know..) ? Or do I try to explain what the brick-looking shapes are supposed to be? Do I make it realistic? Or should I be writing is at if it's Jesus, holding up his hands to bless the people who walk in the Church?
I just don't know. I really want tow rite something great for once. And I want THIS to be what I write about.
So do you have any ideas? Thank you.
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If the sculptor is from your area maybe you could do a little interview with him/her. Then I would start with a bit about the sculptor first and what it meant to him. Follow up with what it means to you. :)
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The art-piece is obviously very symbolic. What you want to do to make your writing good is tie in what the artwork symbolizes with your story. So, basically come up with a story or use a story that's already in the Bible, explain how the artwork got on the front of your church, and explain the symbolism involved. Then, throw in a modern day story of how it helped someone. Here's a quick example so you know what the heck I'm talking about. A mother and her child were going to church one Sunday. The child asked the mother what the artwork was, what it was a picture of, what it meant. The mother answered that it was just for decorative purposes and was a picture of Jesus to show people that they were in God's presence when they were in the church. The child would then go on to say "oh, I thought it meant something else". The mother would ask the child what they thought it meant and the child would explain how the figure in the middle was God and the broken pieces around Him were the shattered world, shattered lives, broken people. God was raising His hands in pain to see everything he created and loved be so broken. It represents Him calling all true believers to heaven near the beginning of Revelation to save them before all the bad stuff starts happening. The problem is, that nobody in the picture is whole and no believers were coming to God because they were ashamed and didn't think that God wanted them. The picture means that even if you are shattered and broken, God still loves you and wants you to join Him in the afterlife. The time to believe is now because Revelation is coming and God is the only one that can save you from that and give you eternal life and happiness. You can pass the test before you even take it if you believe. The artwork is almost like a warning, a sign of things to come so you can be ready and a sign of God's love and how much He loves you and wants to give you everything. God Himself put it on the church when it was built. The child would go into great detail about it and at the end the mother would realize how much better of a person she could be and at that moment she was reborn and became a true believer. The mother hadn't noticed because she was so wrapped up in it, but it had taken the child so long to tell the story that the church service was over and the people began coming out. They found the mother crying on the steps of the church and the child hugging her and telling her that God would take care of her now. After so many years of going to church every Sunday, but never having truly known God, she finally came to know Him through a child and the whole church witnessed it. The people from the church went home and thought about what they had seen and reevaluated their own lives too. The power of even one small child is amazing. It might be even more powerful if it was the grandma. The child was living with grandma because the parents had died. Making it the grandmother would show that it's never too late to know God and anybody at any age might not yet even if they've gone to church all their lives. Now, I haven't seen the artwork, so I don't know if this fits it or anything and it would be best if you came up with a story of your own. You said you thought it was Jesus in the middle, so you could write a story about Him and something that He did or will do, like His return. Make sure that you capitalize He, Him, His, etc. when you're talking about God or Jesus! Having a child tell the story like I did, gives you room for error. I don't know everything about my religion, I'm no expert on Revelation or what it means and I'm guessing you're the same way. By having a child talk about it in my story though, it's okay if I put something incorrect because it's not me making the mistake, it's the child, which children will do. Who's to say I didn't do that on purpose to show the innocent ignorance of the child. I wish you the very best of luck and I know your story will come out really well. Send it to me when you're finished! :)
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