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I like to delve into the depths of human psyche its unfolding path and have just stumbled on the Fourteen Stations of the Cross. I’m relating it to journeys travelled and eternal stories of life. Struggling to be with the story at the heart of it, which is an unbearable, bloody and miserable mystery.  Especially as the stations end with the tomb. In my life, how often have I carried a cross and then been nailed to it?

In my meanderings I found one contemporary artist who painted all 14. They show the pain in red and the movement of the cross in black. With a rolled stone at the end. I want to up load them – I hope that is ok, as I’d recommend going to Jen Nortons websites. Also I’m curios if the set has been sold? It seems like a bargain for any church. I suggest building a church just to house them.

The Stations Of The Cross by Jen Norton

Size: 12 x12 x 1.5″ ea
Medium: Acrylic on wood

“In the series, the colors have meanings – black cross changes size/position, depending on drama; red indicates pain points, blue and white are spirit and divinity. The 14 stations will be sold as a set. The 15th image, The Resurrection, can be purchased separately.”

Price: Please call for details
The Sacred Art Gallery Phone: 480-946-1003

1. Jesus is Condemned to Death — Unjust Accusation
2. Jesus Carries His Cross — Burden and Struggle
3. Jesus Falls the First Time — Weakness and Resilience
4. Jesus Meets His Mother — Compassion and Sorrow
5. Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross — Unexpected Assistance
6. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus — Compassion and Devotion
7. Jesus Falls the Second Time — Perseverance and Endurance
8. Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem — Empathy and Consolation
9. Jesus Falls the Third Time — Exhaustion and Determination
10. Jesus is Stripped of His Garments — Humiliation and Vulnerability
11. Jesus is Nailed to the Cross — Suffering and Sacrifice
12. Jesus Dies on the Cross — Redemption and Forgiveness
13. Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross — Grief and Mourning
14. Jesus is Laid in the Tomb. — Silence and expectation

And here are Jen Nortons 14 Paintings

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Hunches are like dreams, they disappear before you can catch them.  In a podcast someone said it was because we dream with a different chemical system.  Ah…  how I prefer to keep it all psychological  and dramatic.  The hunches have associated beings.  They come from beings hovering around, and through some form of safety seeking we don’t see them.  Or, of course, the creature might be shy or insecure and stay in the wings of the well trodden paths of daily life.

Marc Chagall (1887–1985) just lived among all his creatures and angels by the look of it , ( I know nothing about his actual life.). He seemed to grasp something about the crucification.

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