Re: Jesus wept - brown, green, or blue eyes
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Originally Posted by
geminiguy
One idea comes to mind though... it is something I often do with pencil work.... and it gives a really dramatic effect.... try adding, just a faint hint of blue to his eyes...
Geneticists say that the Kurds and Armenians of today are closest to the ancient Israelite. This makes sense. Abraham, father of the “Jews”, is from Northern Mesopotamia, which is the geographic area of the Kurds and Armenians. If you scrutinize the characteristics of these peoples, you will see what we in the West consider to be Jewish traits. The Jews are from this stock of people. From my perspective, it seems that the things that I speak of can be more easier observed in the Kurdish people – perhaps they have mixed less with surrounding peoples. Interestingly, these people exhibit de-pigmentation (similar to the European). In the higher elevations, the Kurds have lighter hair and eyes. Kids are sometimes blond. Further, blue eyes are sometimes seen, especially in the Armenians. But the Kurds that are in Iraq and Iran are darker – due to lower elevation and hotter climate. It seems to me that this offers to us a hint of what the Israelites of Egypt and Babylon may have looked like – darker hair, skin and eyes. The Kurds show us how the outward appearance of that stock of people may be affected by various environments.
My point, though at this time it is politically incorrect to say that Jesus had blue eyes, it is possible. There are some Eastern Orthodox traditions that hold that Jesus indeed had blue eyes (and this is the brand of Christianity that is actually in the Middle East and has been there since Christ). Or maybe he had green, or hazel. We don’t know. So, geminiguy, I think what you suggest is a great idea. In fact, I already have a painted version with blue eyes (but I like your idea about doing a blue eyed version of the pencil better – that would be very cool on an artistic level). In making art, we DO NOT HAVE TO BOW TO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.
However, there is a problem with doing something like that. If I make Jesus blond, or give him black skin and a big afro, something other than Christ becomes the subject of the piece. Some artists may do this because they wish to make a statement against convention, or something. To me this is wrong. I personally equate it to using the Lord’s name in vain. I think that if one makes art about Christ that it should be done in adoration. If I stray from tradition too far, I end up straying from my purpose for making the art. My blue-eyed version is only for me, because of these things that I have explained.
Because I have done so much research on this subject I have a tendency to go on and on.