Trinity Sunday, Year C

​Does not wisdom call,
and does not understanding raise her voice?
On the heights, beside the way,
at the crossroads she takes her stand;
beside the gates in front of the town,
at the entrance of the portals she cries out:
~Proverbs 8:1-3
 
The wisdom of proverbs is anything but inactive or even gentle. She raises her voice. She situtates herself in commanding places and busy intersections. She causes a ruckus and protests.
 
But to what end?
 
“I was there, beside creation, from the very beginning,” she says. And here is the kicker: “rejoicing in [the Creator’s] inhabited world and delighting in the human race” (Proverbs 8:31). The urgency to call out, to take a stand, even to protest, is rooted in the extraordinary, sacred beauty of creation, of human life and relationships of peace and mutual well-being. Urgency, determination, resolve…to celebrate, to rejoice, to dance.
 
And why would we expect otherwise when the very nature of God is relationship, mutual well-being, peace and creativity? God is a dance, after all—a dance of Love. Shall we join in?
 
Enter into worship.
 
Readings: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 † Psalm 8 † Romans 5:1-5 † John 16:12-15
 
About the Art: Latimore, Kelly. Trinity, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57123 [retrieved June 11, 2025]. Original source: Kelly Latimore Icons, https://kellylatimoreicons.com/.
 
About the Artist: [from: https://kellylatimoreicons.com/about-2/] I started painting icons in 2011 while I was a member of the Common Friars from 2009-2013. Our collective work was about being more connected: to ourselves, each other, our surrounding community and the land. This manifested itself as a place called “The Good Earth Farm” where we held weekly services and meals, and grew produce for our community and local food pantries.

Iconography has since become a practice of more considerations: of color and light, of brush stroke and form, symbol and meaning...However, I do not wish to approach Iconography as an art form that simply follows an inherited tradition, knowledge and practice. I want it to be a creative process, meditation, and practice that brings about new self knowledge for the viewer and myself. Who are the saints that are among us here and now?

I was not taught by a traditional Iconographer, and so to some, I am breaking many rules. There are icons here that people may find theologically unsound and wrong, or for others, helpful and inspiring. I think both reactions are important. My hope is that these icons do what all art can potentially do, which is, to create more dialogue.

The other may have something to teach us about what we know, about who God is, the world we live in and who are our neighbors. This is the real work of being human and of art. Being more present.

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