Oh Mary Part II: Mary did you come?
Mary doesn’t look happy at all. Though it’s impossible to dictate that she has any negative feelings in those portraits, partly because of the artistic style, which I like to call “making people look miserable;” when I look at Mary, I always see her as a little annoyed, almost angry, almost. And realistically, it would make sense: Mary might be annoyed by Christ, who was depicted as a baby in her arms in many paintings. Any infant of Christ’s age wouldn’t stay still in their
Dec 145 min read
Oh Mary
I’ve been enchanted by Virgin Mary for a while, by the person and what she might embody. Many could be inferred if we assume Virgin Mary is a real woman, and she was really pregnant and gave birth to a child who the people see as Christ. But of course, it’s scientifically impossible for a woman to get pregnant without having sex, which leads to my following hypothesis: The “pregnant virgin” part of the story is made up by men who are fascinated with the concept of motherhood,
Dec 143 min read
