Inspiring Paintings: In the Snow

There is something very wonderful about this painting, but it's hard to put your finger on it. In fact there are lots of very wonderful things! Firstly, the beautiful bird, soaring in the space between the foregrounds trees and the distant mountains. What depth it creates for us! What a sense of freedom! Under the …

Beyond Babel

Beyond Babel Is a wordless space . Where achievements Cease to count . And all that matters Is a loving look . A fatherly expression Of overwhelming grace. . 'The Tower of Babel', Bruegel

From Blindness to Blessedness

  Some animals are born completely blind and utterly dependent on their parents. Though not all people are literally born blind, artists have seen a kind of blindness in the ways that we sometimes think and act... Bruegel - Parable of the Blind Another way some have found to describe this is the idea of …