In God’s House there are Many Rooms (Jn 14.2-27)
In this article I make links between melancholia, creativity and communion with God at a personal level, referencing John’s gospel, ‘God’s house has many rooms’ (14.2-3) and ‘The Mansions’, a text written by Theresa of Avila where the ‘mansion’ is an analogy for the space in which God’s omniscient l...
| Published in: | Feminist theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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| In: |
Feminist theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture HC New Testament KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
MENTAL depression
B Paintings B Communion B autoethnography B Lord's Supper B Depression B Bible. Johannesevangelium 14,2-27 B Interiors B flâneur B God B Painting |
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| Summary: | In this article I make links between melancholia, creativity and communion with God at a personal level, referencing John’s gospel, ‘God’s house has many rooms’ (14.2-3) and ‘The Mansions’, a text written by Theresa of Avila where the ‘mansion’ is an analogy for the space in which God’s omniscient love is realized. My paintings were formed from the day-to-day lived experience of ‘psycheache’ (Joiner, 2005: 37) and are a graphic representation of a non-explainable reality. I see in these paintings a transcendent reality for they are the markings I made to express a state-of-being that could not be articulated. During this episode of Depression I painted dark interiors with rambling corridors, flights of steps and doorways leading into rooms empty of people. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5189 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Feminist theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0966735016657716 |