jim henson

I was thinking of Christ as our food when searching for this week's Art and Beauty Tuesday art work.The Bread Wicker by Luis Jose Estremadoyro is not a photograph, but a pencil drawing.

The setting of the still life is simple, but the detail is amazing. We see the nail in the wall, simple flowers (weeds, really) in the small vase and the free form loaves of bread sitting on the cloth lining the wicker basket.  A stray spoon sits on the corner of the table which is covered by a slightly wrinkled table cloth.  In the back, a crock sits behind the basket.  What might be in it?  Butter?  Honey?  

The simplicity and lack of idealization of the picture makes me think of the Nativity Fast, which is so "pushed against" by today's society.  It also brings to mind the utter simplicity in which Jesus was born and lived, and the stark honesty that he preached.

In these trying economic and political times, we must remember what is important and we must practice what Jesus preached.

We can do it with His help.