The Lufkin Texas Daily News February 2019 Iconic week Artist Mary Jane Miller taught 13 people to paint Byzantine icons during a week long Sacred Icon workshop, St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church. Miller lives full-time with her husband in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, but travels to give classes and teach the tradition of icon painting workshops. “We were artists that lived in the world, worked in the world, made our money from the world, the community where we lived. Twenty Five ... Read More about First time Icon Workshop in ST. CYPRIAN’S EPISCOPAL
Icon Painting and Sacred Meditation; Becoming Conscious through a relationship with Dirt
Never question that icon painting and sacred meditation go hand in hand. It can help you become conscious of yourself, of the relationships you have with others, and the connection you have with God both within yourself and the eternal being that is in everyone. How Icon Painting and Sacred Meditation Saved Me When I was a child, my parents told me I could be anything I wanted - and I believed them. They treated the five of us equally, 2 girls and 3 boys. But as many parents of ... Read More about Icon Painting and Sacred Meditation; Becoming Conscious through a relationship with Dirt
Icon Painting Technique: A meditative guide to egg tempera painting
The infinite range of imagination and potential found in Byzantine iconography has effected nearly every aspect of my life. In spite of my UN-Orthodox approach, nearly all the images are connected in some way to the classic icon tradition and its inspired doctrine. I am self taught with 25 years experience, still trying to fit into a mind that was lost about 1,500 years ago. Those first ionographers were inspired by the stories of Christ waking in and around Jerusalem along with the desert ... Read More about Icon Painting Technique: A meditative guide to egg tempera painting
We are being seen by Angelic Celestial creatures
Angelic celestial creatures don’t fall out of the sky; they emerge from within. Mary Jane Miller has highlighted a collection of Byzantine style icons inspired by San Miguel Allende's patron saint, San Miguel Archangel and other celestial beings. Angels are said to be spiritual beings without physical bodies that act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, the unseen designer of creation. Even though we may not be able to validate that angels exist, we can and should praise the mystery of ... Read More about We are being seen by Angelic Celestial creatures
My Reliquary, forgotten words with No meaning
What is a Reliquary? Reliquaries became popular around the 4th century. They contained the physical remains of saints, such as bones, body parts, pieces of clothing, or some object associated with saints or other religious figures. Relics have long been treasured by Buddhists, Christians, Hindus and many other religions, preserved in shrines, churches, or temples. The faithful then make pilgrimages in order to gain blessings. In Central West Africa, reliquaries contain ritual objects ... Read More about My Reliquary, forgotten words with No meaning
