Response to Blog Week Five

This is a response to Trevor's blog post found here.

Trev,
This is a really interesting piece because of the line "calling for people to trust the man rather than the artist." It calls into question the idea of the frescoes and the marble, especially in that church, which was fake. I find that interesting, and something that might want to become more central: the idea of fakeness in terms of churches. You could think about the church in Assisi the same way, as gorgeous as it is, it seems etched in fakeness. I think the title must be "only the dead live painted" because it's probably the most interesting line of the whole piece. I do enjoy "I watch Jesus Christ disappear." It's the most unexpected line. I want more of these people though. Especially the man with his eyes closed. Who is he to you? What else is he doing, saying? What does he do later? These might be things to think about for branching out. Maybe he's a painter, or someone from his family did these walls...maybe he's on a pilgrimage to see all the major St. Francis churches. Stuff to think about.