Comments on: Reciprocity: Angels Among Us

By: Points of Interest, #38 « Mind, Soul, and Body

Points of Interest, #38 « Mind, Soul, and Body — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:33:51 +0000

[...] her home blog, Heaven’s Overlook, she shares another wonderful piece of holiday wisdom, as she looks upon a nativity painting through the eyes of a dear friend and sees it with her eyes opened for the first [...]

By: Emily M.

Emily M. — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:21:51 +0000

I absolutely love this painting. I went to see it (and the other paintings) twice when it was at BYU. I could stare at it, and all those angels, for a long, long time.

By: Blog Segullah : Still Points in a Moving World

Blog Segullah : Still Points in a Moving World — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:39:34 +0000

[...] Heaven’s Overlook for another beautiful guest post. You can read some of her previous posts here here here and here. Thanks so much [...]

By: Sage

Sage — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:29:51 +0000

I also hadn’t seen this painting and am a big fan. My sisterwas an art student at BYU when he was also an undergraduate. He was always nice to me. He is also good friends with my sil’s sister. One of his paintings is of her husband holding/swinging their son who died (it makes me cry just thinking about it). He is such a powerful painter. Can’t wait to get a better look at this painting.

By: Gentry

Gentry — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:36:44 +0000

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I have never seen this in person, would love to. I am drawn to the baby that is looking straight at the viewer of this painting, I see my little girl in her. She seems to say, “Are you seeing this? Do you understand what has happened? Do you remember? She draws me in. Am I noticing this? Am I aware of this miracle and blessing of a Savior everyday? Questions I am now pondering as my list of “necessary” items on my list before Christmas grows. I appreciate this opportunity to learn, think, ponder and grow.

By: annie

annie — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:38:41 +0000

sorry to be a few days late on commenting, but i wanted to say thanks for this post. i love this painting so much. it touches me more than other depictions of the nativity…maybe because the focus isn’t on exactly how they looked or where they were. instead it makes me think about what the birth meant to all of us and how involved me must have been in the event and how excited we must have been for what his life would give to us.

(as for the docents, who i’m sure are wonderful, my grandma overheard one giving a tour to high school students and talking all about how the baby wasn’t getting milk…he was getting colostrum, which is very important. but the puppies…they were getting milk. yikes….do high schoolers even know what colostrum is???)

By: Leslie R

Leslie R — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:37:45 +0000

Thanks for the information and update, Tom. Here is the link if anyone wants the UMFA (Utah Museum of Fine Arts) info.

http://umfa.utah.edu/pageview.aspx?id=26114

Or you can just Google search UMFA

Le Ann, thanks for the question about the women in the painting. Kershisnik’s paintings depict women in the most gentle of forms. Isn’t it fascinating how the painting feels so circular and feminine? I loved that this is how he imagined the scene of the holy birth.
Either way, angels were present then and they are present today.

Thanks for taking the time to comment everyone. I love the spiritual slices of your thoughts in the mix of my days.

By: Lee Ann

Lee Ann — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:15:06 +0000

Thanks for reminding me of this painting.

Are the bloody-handed angels the midwives…?

By: “The Nativity” « we’d rather be camping

“The Nativity” « we’d rather be camping — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:20:31 +0000

[...] Published December 11, 2008 art , christmas , religion Over at Blog Segullah there is a post up about one of my favorite paintings, Brian Kershisnik’s “The Nativity.” I can’t [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:32:17 +0000

Nativity is currently hanging in the lobby of the U of U art museum.