Having been raised Protestant, it was a bit of a surprise to discover I had a real spiritual affinity with the Theotokos icon. And yet, perhaps it's not a great surprise, given how deeply I understand God's call to us to bear Christ into the world, to work with God to continue to make Christ incarnate as part of the inbreaking of God's reign.
These two icons represent a playful engagement with the Theotokos icon, and with the mosaic medium of iconography, using beads instead of ceramic tiles. The first icon is another Yaroslavl Mother of God, the second the Korsun Mother of God.
A new element of symbolism is found in the Korsun, namely that of Jesus' Gospel scroll, representing the prefigured and yet unrevealed Good News.
I have since written many more such Theotokos icons, and have taught both of these in a number of workshops. Teaching these icons is particularly rich, witnessing my students prayerfully encounter their own call to be theotokos, to be God-bearers...
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