ART + RELIGION
By Aaron Rosen
Houshiary often draws inspiration from poems on breathing by the Sufi mystic Rumi. 'I set out to capture my breath,' says Houshiary, 'to find the essence of my own existed, tenscending name, nationality, cultures'. In the church, these pneumatic associations take on a new light, evoking the history of the Blitz -- when the original windows were blown out -- and the life-giving breath of the Holy Spirit. Refusing to be still, Houshiary and
Horne's glass cross seems to contract and expand. [page 240]
Lent is the annual Christian preparation for Easter. "Today's Art for Lent2016" features artworks that illustrate the Christian "Battle between Carnival and Lent."
