Here's my Thought for the Week written for the newsletter of St Martin-in-the-Fields:
The sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld has a major exhibition at
Canary Wharf that opened shortly before lockdown.
When I interviewed Helaine, as part of an exhibition review for
Church Times, I expected major disappointment, yet she has
taken the setback in her stride.
This is, in part, because lockdown demonstrates the timeliness
of the exhibition. Over recent months she has felt increasingly
concerned that society was moving towards a precipice
caused by isolation, lack of empathy, the breakdown in trust,
and absence of leadership. Many of the works in the show
depict broken edges, reflecting this.
But the show is both warning and antidote, as the majority
of pieces show connection and relationship. That is how we
can come out of this, she thinks; through community, spiritual
values, and acknowledgement that we are all human. We
will have to learn to look at the world in a different way. By
looking up – the title of the exhibition - we can see a spiritual
dimension.
This is, she says, an incredibly important time when we will
either learn to empathise, cooperate and connect or we will
have failed the challenge in front of us. Through her words
and her works, she is picturing resurrection for us.
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Victoria Williams - Why Look At The Moon.
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