Here She is! Finished, named, varnished and blessed!
This represents approximately 60 hours of work. If I do this at home, it takes months. At the workshop, about 2 weeks. Today I am laying low, feeling sick and exhausted. Hopefully just exhausted.
She who is more spacious than the heavens. She who contained what the universe cannot contain, pray for us!
posted by Renee at Monday, March 20, 2006
13 Comments:
Good job! *Praying for you!*
She is absolutely beautiful!! And hope you are well.....It's an awesome sort of exhaustion after finishing an icon......I think it took me 3 weeks.......:)
I can only imagine how it would take awhile to come down to earth again, so to speak! This is so beautiful. I have been telling others that I ran across this blog and about the icon you were doing.
I guess we don't stop and think...people write books and other people ...with God's help create lovely icons! Thank you for sharing this with us all once again!
She is beautiful, you have every right to be proud.
Holy Theotokos, Pray to God for us.
She is absolutely beautiful. You are so talented!
God Bless!
That. is. GORGEOUS.
Wow, that is absolutely lovely!
Don't know what's up w/my blog template. Try hitting refresh to see if that fixes things. If not, I may need to tinker some more. :-)
Congratulations! That is a wonderful accomplishment. What will you do with it?
Wow, Renee. I'm impressed. Truly. What a neat and different hobby to have. You have a gift!
Oh, my! How incredibly beautiful this icon is!
You have worked long and hard and the fruit of your labour is very pleasant.
I hope you are feeling better soon
God Bless.
she is wonderful, renee - really, really gorgeous.
what a gift you are.
aw...it was "He" who is more spacious than the heavens. it was "He" who contains what the universe cannot contain..
it is "He" who bathes the sky with His beauty.
it is "He" whom we should pray to.
it was "He" who sent His only begotten Son Jesus, to die for our sins. \
God bless...
I am sorry if I didn't explian this well enough, gina.
The reason "She who is more spacious that the heavens" is used, is simply to indicate that the body of Mary contained the Creator of the Universe, who cannot be contained. This implies the majesty and humility, love and mercy of God, not any power of Mary's. She held the unholdable because He willed it. She merely said, "Be it done to me according to Thy word."
This is really an icon of the Incarnation of Christ. Her hand are in that position "Orans" which means praying. Christ's hands are in a blessing position. This is an important distinction, because Mary doesn't Bless, she prays to God just like us. Only Christ Blesses.
Thanks for stopping by, gina.
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