Going Green

First I apologise for being lax in blogging. My heart's not been in it and this post is really just a way to say hello and share some sacred imagery.

A little used image today is the Tree of Jesse - a pedigree or family tree of Jesus. In another time, pedigrees and family trees and genealogy were important to many. Things have changed. But still it's a charming image.

Here's a nice contemporary example - minus the individuals.

[Catrin Jones}

Beauvais Cathedral has this elaborate sculptural example, but the individuals have been hacked off leaving, again, just the tree.

{Beauvais]

Here's a manuscript version - charm exemplified.

[Herrad of Hohenberg]

My favorite, but the most bizarre is this example by Jan Mostaert that looks more like a nightmare than a sacred image. (Do expand the photo if you're not nightmare prone.)

[Jan Mostaert]

So I wish you all a restful summer - under the trees, perhaps. And maybe, just maybe, I'll find some inspiration that doesn't involve making a living.