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God bless the gargoyles

Like our trip in 2011, I often focused on the gargoyles (or grotesques) when I was looking at a church. I did admire the things I should have, like Jesus, and angels, and saints, but there was something about gargoyles. I am hoping that I am not fixating on the glamour of evil. Perhaps like when I am reading the Dav Pilkey book, I am moved to empathy for them because they are not conventionally beautiful and a little misunderstood.

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(on the Cathedral in Brussels)

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In Barcelona


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 In Brussels

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In Cologne

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In Villingen

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 In Munich

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Kristen @ St Monica's Bridge said…
I was always told that the Gargoyles were the angels sent to protect and keep the demons away and in order to fight the Beast, they had to assume the form of the beast. And for some reason that spoke to me. And that being said, I.love.this.post.Best.post.ever.
Jun 15, 2013, 8:37:00 PM
Jen Ambrose said…
Thanks, Kristen! If you don't already have it, Dav Pilkey's god bless the gargoyles is such a fantastic picture book. So unlike Captain Underpants. One of those books for me hard to read without tearing up (Grandpa Green and two notable others). But I still love this book
Jun 16, 2013, 2:08:00 AM
Melanie Bettinelli said…
I love the gargoyles too. I don't think it's really the glamour of evil, because they really aren't evil. Just grotesque. More misunderstood. I think there's a beauty that's not just craftsmanship and creativity, but well they are all ultimately modeled after the stranger bits and pieces of God's creation. If God loves the beetles and sea monsters and all the oddities, then can gargoyles really be unlovely?

I'm going to have to check out that book. I remember your mentioning it before, I think, but I've never seen it.
Jun 17, 2013, 9:15:00 AM
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