art absurd

I am so happy to announce that I don't have to travel to find absurdity. It is in my own hometown!

Yesterday I went to a benefit concert. An earnest choir sang songs from around the world. Earnestly. We told ourselves that it was for a good cause. We were in a big old church with naves and stone sculpture. We sat in a pew on the side. I noticed this painting on the wall. An amateurish rendition of two faces, a young man and a young woman not meeting each other's eyes. The background - white sky and black ground. Nothing else. Just the heads of two people. The title: "Jesus entrusts Mary to John" Now I ask you: am I missing something here? It was the first time I desired an IPhone. Just to photograph that painting to share it here.

In 48 hours, I will be in Nicaragua.