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CHRIST SUFFERING FOOLS by *vmaximus:iconvmaximus:

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"JESUS CHRIST PORTRAIT #7"
An Acrylic Painting on wood panel
IMAGE SIZE: 11" x 14"

This is the 7th Christ portrait I've done in 24 months. I'm an 'Animist' myself, which is one step up, (or is it down?) from an atheist. I believe in everything and nothing simultaneously. Seems conflicted, yet somehow it works for me. In spite of this, I've always been interested in the image of Christ.

As a child brought up in a neighborhood of Irish Catholics, I was the only mutt from a family of unknown origin, and atheistic leanings. The icons at the neighborhood church, only a few doors away, of the bloody Christ figure in anguish, was one of the earliest images burned into my childhood memory. Of course, I was constantly told by my young peers that I was destined for hell, having no baptism.

Keep the faith baby!

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Mood: Pride ~Fantoche-the-13th Sep 1, 2009, 4:25:59 PM
Dont worry, there is a chair for me in hell as well.

I believe that only god will have them for spare at the end of all anyway XD

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*Creedysgirl Sep 1, 2009, 4:29:16 PM
I'm a Christian and I love this!! It's nice to see different interpretations of Jesus.

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"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future,.... nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus, our Lord."

Soli Deo Gloria
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~AidenRiddle Sep 1, 2009, 5:29:40 PM
this is.....incredible! growing up in a catholic family i have seen the image of christ more than several times, but this is by far the best haha
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*Songwind Sep 1, 2009, 6:56:12 PM
I think this is an interesting interpretation. The wrinkles in his forehead make him look careworn. It's not something you see frequently, but which makes sense. Serene or not, if he loves us all that much, it must have worried him to watch us doing bad things to each other.

Are the plants supposed to be fiddlehead ferns? Or something less representational?

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~shochin Sep 1, 2009, 8:35:56 PM
no worries, there is no hell to burn in, except for that of our own making. which we seem to be making quite well for ourselves i might add.

it was always the cannibalistic elements of christian ceremonies that i found fascinating. idol worship, and the need we have for a hierarchical structure even in the unseen/unknown and fantastical is also rather interesting.

we are such an insane animal. i see this insanity in your christs eyes (i'm sure this is my bias tainting my perception).

your paintings are always amazing :)

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fear is not the natural state of civilized people
-Aung San Suu Kyi
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~krell Sep 1, 2009, 10:15:31 PM
Spirituality is fine until religion takes over.
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*vmaximus Sep 1, 2009, 10:35:58 PM
Those are Cobra Lillie's, carnivorous plants, also known as "Pitcher Plants", The California variety, (darlingtonia californica) They digest living insects, and in my mind, they represent death.

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RS Connett ~ The Vomitus Maximus Museum
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