Re: Via Dolorosa | Psyche Films

[Rick Womer]

This could describe our Unitarian-Universalist congregation, if you add in 
lapsed Catholicism and Judaiism.

Rick

> On Mar 28, 2021, at 9:45 AM, Eric Weir  wrote:
> 
> My own religiosity, if it can be called that, is eclectic. I have around 
> among agnosticism, Quakerism, Episcopalianism (Anglicanism), Buddhism, 
> Hinduism. Lately drawn to a vague, noninstitutional Christianity for which I 
> get support from Richard Rhor’s Center for Action and Contemplation.
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Re: Via Dolorosa | Psyche Films

[Eric Weir]


Thanks for the link, Bob. As for my question, I was transfixed by the video, 
which I viewed through to completion before reading the accompanying article. I 
kept asking myself, “What is this? What’s going on?” I expected at some point 
the answer would be revealed, but it never was. Not in the way I expected 
anyway. In that sense the video is not representational. 

But in another sense it is. Whatever is going on, we see that it involves a 
huge coordinated effort. Those focused on are intensely engaged. They strain, 
they grimace, they sweat. Some seem almost to be in pain. Others are caught up 
differently, as witnesses, some apparently in awe. The only indication that the 
occasion is a religious one is that a few times people are seen crossing 
themselves.The subject is not the activity, nor the meaning it has for the 
participants, neither of which is revealed, but simply the fact that it has 
meaning, intense meaning, that people are transported. 

Rodero’s project, which on the surface might seem more conventionally 
representational, seems to have a similar dual aspect. The context is obviously 
Christian, and the photos are captioned, but the scenes and the dress of the 
people portrayed are strange, puzzling, unexplained. Yet whatever the 
occasions, they are obviously engaging and meaningful to those portrayed. 
Explanations are not needed to see that.

My own religiosity, if it can be called that, is eclectic. I have around among 
agnosticism, Quakerism, Episcopalianism (Anglicanism), Buddhism, Hinduism. 
Lately drawn to a vague, noninstitutional Christianity for which I get support 
from Richard Rhor’s Center for Action and Contemplation.


Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
eew...@comcast.net

"It has all been combustion.”

- W.G.  Sebald

> On Mar 27, 2021, at 5:16 AM, Bob Pdml  wrote:
> 
> Not sure what your question is, but if you enjoy that kind of intense 
> religious/cultural event, which I (even as an atheist) do, have a look at the 
> work of Cristina Garcia Rodero. I have three of her books. Espana Oculta is 
> the one that made her name and is stunning. 
> 
> She recently published Lalibela, about the town/village in Ethiopia, but I 
> found it rather disappointing. I’ve been there and photographed the same 
> things and although her photos are much better than mine I don’t think they 
> really bring much fresh insight to a very highly photographed culture. This 
> may be because she is not part of that culture, whereas with the Spanish work 
> it is clearly something from the heart.
> 
> You can see her work on Magnum.
> https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/society-arts-culture/cristina-garcia-rodero-espana-oculta/
> 
> Abbas also did a lot of work covering religion and I have one of his books 
> called Children of Abraham which is very good. 
> 
>> On 26 Mar 2021, at 19:02, Eric Weir  wrote:
>> 
>> Representation? Or not?
>> https://psyche.co/films/close-ups-on-the-faces-of-spanish-holy-week-convey-the-rapture-of-group-ritual
>> ———
>> Eric Weir
>> Atlanta, GA  USA
>> “It has all been combustion.”
>> - W.G. Sebald
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Re: Via Dolorosa | Psyche Films

[Bob Pdml]

Not sure what your question is, but if you enjoy that kind of intense 
religious/cultural event, which I (even as an atheist) do, have a look at the 
work of Cristina Garcia Rodero. I have three of her books. Espana Oculta is the 
one that made her name and is stunning. 

She recently published Lalibela, about the town/village in Ethiopia, but I 
found it rather disappointing. I’ve been there and photographed the same things 
and although her photos are much better than mine I don’t think they really 
bring much fresh insight to a very highly photographed culture. This may be 
because she is not part of that culture, whereas with the Spanish work it is 
clearly something from the heart.

You can see her work on Magnum.
https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/society-arts-culture/cristina-garcia-rodero-espana-oculta/

Abbas also did a lot of work covering religion and I have one of his books 
called Children of Abraham which is very good. 

> On 26 Mar 2021, at 19:02, Eric Weir  wrote:
> 
> 
> Representation? Or not?
> https://psyche.co/films/close-ups-on-the-faces-of-spanish-holy-week-convey-the-rapture-of-group-ritual
> 
> ———
> Eric Weir 
> Atlanta, GA  USA
> 
> “It has all been combustion.”
> 
> - W.G. Sebald
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Re: Via Dolorosa | Psyche Films

[Daniel J. Matyola]

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On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 3:02 PM Eric Weir  wrote:

>
> Representation? Or not?
>
> https://psyche.co/films/close-ups-on-the-faces-of-spanish-holy-week-convey-the-rapture-of-group-ritual
>
> ———
> Eric Weir
> Atlanta, GA  USA
>
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>
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