Third Song of Isaiah
by Veryle Lynn Cox
(Oil and gold leaf, 2001, 38" x 26")
Church of the Transfiguration - Bat Cave NC
LakeLureArt@bellsouth.net
 

 
Glimpse through the window next to the altar. It is filled with rhododendron, my burning bush, leading us to new growth. When this physical life is ended, one is no longer teased by merely looking through the window…step carefully at first, then feet are no longer needed to pass through.
 
The design on the chalice, which I made from clay, is an abstraction of the names of God. Our taste of Eternity is in the blood of Christ. Are the gold leaf and vermilion dots coming from the chalice or from the window? Yearning to be closer to the holy, the butterfly is tethered. A moment of me is reflected in the open casement. Ladybugs, geckos and parishioners share the Church of the Transfiguration, Bat Cave, North Carolina-- God’s family all.
 
The Third Song of Isaiah adorns the edge of the frame.