I love stained glass because it also serves as passive-catechesis. A bored child may not listen to the homily but if he is tempted to look out the window he can't help but learn about the Root of Jesse.
That’s actually the purpose of stained glass windows in Medieval times! Many of the commoners (peasants) couldn’t read, so churches had stained glass windows that taught them about the Faith. They were basically stained glass catechisms.
No no, it would feel like stealing to use it. I’ve been meaning to update you on the fiction stack. I’m still hoping to start it, but 1) the busyness of schoolwork keeps making it difficult, and 2) (actually, the more compelling reason of the two) I consider myself more of a poetry writer than a prose writer, but with poetry comes a vulnerability that has me hesitant to release the majority of my work. So at present, I’m trying to either get past that fear or learn to write more work that I’m comfortable sharing with the world. It’s been quite a process, but your reminder of it here has renewed my ambition to get a stack going soon, so thank you!
Well SOMEONES gotta make stained glads catechism a thing! If I did it it would be just a collection of stained glass images maybe, few words 🤔 got my gears turning.
Poetry is indeed SUBSTANTIALLY different from fiction. I like to think it becomes easier to publish the more you do. Dan Ackerfeld and Ivy-Rose Opal are names for poetry on substack within my radius. I am sure there are plenty more. I hope you do it! Don’t keep it under a bushel!
But also--disregard my hard salesmanship, only giving you a hard time. It will happen in Gods good timing, if it is to happen!
FASCINATING! Thank you for taking the time to put this together. It's an absolutley beautiful work of art and the context and history surrounding similar windows is enriching.
Thank you for giving me something beautiful to look at and higher things to ponder.
This is INCREDIBLE!
I love stained glass because it also serves as passive-catechesis. A bored child may not listen to the homily but if he is tempted to look out the window he can't help but learn about the Root of Jesse.
Thank you so much for writing this up!
That’s actually the purpose of stained glass windows in Medieval times! Many of the commoners (peasants) couldn’t read, so churches had stained glass windows that taught them about the Faith. They were basically stained glass catechisms.
"stained glass catechism dot substack dot com" you heard it here first, folks.
That's amazing!
This is genius. Why didn’t I think of that first, lol.
Still waiting for your fiction stack so its there for you to use!
No no, it would feel like stealing to use it. I’ve been meaning to update you on the fiction stack. I’m still hoping to start it, but 1) the busyness of schoolwork keeps making it difficult, and 2) (actually, the more compelling reason of the two) I consider myself more of a poetry writer than a prose writer, but with poetry comes a vulnerability that has me hesitant to release the majority of my work. So at present, I’m trying to either get past that fear or learn to write more work that I’m comfortable sharing with the world. It’s been quite a process, but your reminder of it here has renewed my ambition to get a stack going soon, so thank you!
Well SOMEONES gotta make stained glads catechism a thing! If I did it it would be just a collection of stained glass images maybe, few words 🤔 got my gears turning.
Poetry is indeed SUBSTANTIALLY different from fiction. I like to think it becomes easier to publish the more you do. Dan Ackerfeld and Ivy-Rose Opal are names for poetry on substack within my radius. I am sure there are plenty more. I hope you do it! Don’t keep it under a bushel!
But also--disregard my hard salesmanship, only giving you a hard time. It will happen in Gods good timing, if it is to happen!
Really spectacular, thank you so much for sharing
Wow
FASCINATING! Thank you for taking the time to put this together. It's an absolutley beautiful work of art and the context and history surrounding similar windows is enriching.
Thank you for giving me something beautiful to look at and higher things to ponder.
Thank you as always for the history lesson! The details of these windows is amazing.