The fundamental ideas of iconography and eroticism, the sacred and the profane and their
relationship both artistically and philosophically, has been a part of my artistic process
for many years. How fortunate I felt when I received by mail the damaged book Sex and
the Church. A random act, a Jungian synchronicity, or divine act. “Christ I don’t know”.
Vandalism; an act of smoldering rage and hidden or suppressed hate for “the other”, I
believe is the result of wrongly interpreted sacred texts and biased, self-serving religious
doctrines. Especially relevant today due to the sexual misconduct within the church, my
piece may represent a metaphor. One that symbolizes the un-controlled heat of passion;
both for the physical act of love as represented in text and art and the fiery opposition to its
display because of one’s religious beliefs.
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