The mantic side of my brain was able to recognize this, and subconsciously find an allegorical-like relationship between me and the glass in which a hidden meaning was found on a personal level. This feeling I had was one of divinity and eternal weight. I looked at all of the figures around the entire window (while still focusing primarily on my two main panels), many of them philosophers and others with an anthropocentric point of view who did not or were not able to see things with a long-term perspective. I won’t go too far into detail regarding this revelatory experience, but I realized something that day that shook me. And so, to answer the question “was it worth doing,” the answer is a resounding “yes.” The pieces of glass and the handiness and the care that are clearly evident within each angle and each color are alone worth the 12 years of work and effort. The formidable story behind the eyes of each character and the hues and shades in each stroke of paint are
The mantic side of my brain was able to recognize this, and subconsciously find an allegorical-like relationship between me and the glass in which a hidden meaning was found on a personal level. This feeling I had was one of divinity and eternal weight. I looked at all of the figures around the entire window (while still focusing primarily on my two main panels), many of them philosophers and others with an anthropocentric point of view who did not or were not able to see things with a long-term perspective. I won’t go too far into detail regarding this revelatory experience, but I realized something that day that shook me. And so, to answer the question “was it worth doing,” the answer is a resounding “yes.” The pieces of glass and the handiness and the care that are clearly evident within each angle and each color are alone worth the 12 years of work and effort. The formidable story behind the eyes of each character and the hues and shades in each stroke of paint are