Journal Entry 4

June 15, 2008

1. What form of medium (music, art or liturature) allows you to best connect with jesus and why.
The type of medium that best alows me to connect with jesus would be slow music, pictures and statues of holy figures, like saints and the holy family.

2. Why has jesus been portrayed in so many different ways throughout history?
Jesus has been portrayed in so many different ways throughout histroy because people have different ways to express them selves and the way people think the way jesus looked is not certain in history and so claim to see jesus through their own view.

3. How is jesus portrayed at Parramatta marist?
Jesus is portrayed at Parramatta marist as a loving freind, saviour and role model to many students in our school. Jesus has been portrayed like this also acompanied by a saint in wich Parramatta marist portray through St marcelin. Both of these figures are very important figures in the Marist life. We base our lifes around them and treasure them as our own.

4. What artist time period do you think represents your image of jesus and why?
The artist time period that best represents my image of jesus would be the renaisance because during the renaisance i see jesus as a beautiful image because most of the images during the renaisance time we painted beautifully because of the rebirth of Europe.

5. Identify one image of jesus that appeals to you. What do you like about the representation?
One image of jesus that apeals to me would be this one below. It portray jesus with a sense of mystery and power, i think it specificaly doesnt show jesus body, just the back.

6. What factors currently shape your image of jesus and why?
Some of the factors that are currently shaping my image of jesus would be powerful colours and mysterious pictures that dont show much to the intended audience and leave them thinking. I would also use low angles to show jesus as a much more powerfull being. 

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