- Look slowly and deeply at the picture…sit with it.What surprises you?
- what’s new?
- What’s unsettling?
- What insight do you gain about paradise, Jesus, yourself, your ministry?
- What do you want to say to the laughing Jesus?
- What do you hear from the laughing Jesus?
- Draw, write, create a response…
"The First Supper"
The idea first came in to my mind when I saw a very interesting painting of El Greco where Christ was driving away the business people who occupied the Temple. In this Christ was shown with anger. I then got the idea about a happy Christ. Secondly, when I saw the Last Supper by Leonardo, I thought about the first supper and imagined how the situation would have been. I was sure that as Christ was human and divine he must have had the quality of humour and wit in him and would have shared this with his followers when he discussed certain things with them I am sure that he must have had many times meetings with ordinary people where he shared his happiness with them.
Artist: Alphonso Doss
Oil on canvas - 80 cm x 60 cm
Chennai, South India
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