Lectures and discussions
Chichester Cathedral lecture series: 'The Spiritual Senses and the Liturgical Arts'
A lecture series given as part of 'The Art of Worship' project, January to March 2022, and supported by the Bishop Otter Trust.
The lectures explore the spiritual senses in terms of 1. tradition; 2. making and 3. transformation. They are each 40-45 minutes.
St Bede Lecture 2024 for the Liturgy Institute, London:
'Intoxication and Illumination - Art oriented toward the infinite beauty of God'
With Aidan Hart and Martin Earle
Porous Portals: Art in the Cathedral, 2023
Part of a conference organised by a group of Scottish Episcopalians in collaboration with the Liturgy Committee, titled “Responding to the Sacred: Inclusive Liturgies/Porous Walls – New Conversations”. Discussion with the Rev’d Canon Professor Graham Ward and the Rev’d Canon Dr Dan Inman, chaired by the Rev’d Canon Professor David Jasper.
Writings
You'll find below, cumulatively over time, various pieces of writing on iconography and related subjects.
A piece written in preparation for a festal icon of the Transfiguration. It considers a particular way in which the light of Christ, and also the natural environment, can be painted with theological clarity.
A script for a talk that offers an approach to iconography in terms of the category 'union and distinction'.