1st week of Lent, Wednesday – Find something soft to touch. Fell its comfort on you face. Enjoy the softness.

1st week of Lent, Tuesday – Find something easy to eat, a piece of fruit, a carrot, etc. Notice its taste and crunchiness. Celebrate this sensation and enjoy it. This is designed for pleasure.

1st week of Lent, Monday – With eyes closed, listen to the world for five minutes. Allow yourself to notice the subtleties of noises and the quiet in between. Think of the ebb and flow of life through sound only.

Saturday after Ash Wednesday – With eyes closed, use your hands to hold your face. Run your hands over your features. This is the face given to you by generations of those who went before you. They live in this world because of you and your face. It is a God given face. This face [...]

Friday after Ash Wednesday – Wrapping your arms around your own shoulders, give yourself a sustained, solid hug. Lean into this hug and hold yourself up. The person you are hugging has been given to you by God. Like God, you know everything about you and still hold yourself dear. Be God’s voice. Be there [...]

Thursday after Ash Wednesday – With eyes closed, hold your own hands. Lightly draw each hand over the other, gently massaging every part. The stop and just hold your hand, feeling its warmth and life. Notice that you are a live gift to yourself. These are the hands your parents cuddled so admiringly. These are [...]

ASH WEDNESDAY – Use the well burnt match to make the sign of a cross on the back of your hand. Say ‘Dust to dust, ashes to ashes.’ These words are used at funerals to remind us that we are all part of the earth and will return to the earth in time. Close your [...]

This performance art piece looks to bring the world into the Gallery and vice versa. I love how technology and art collide.

By Flossie Peitsch LENTEN OVERVIEW: There are 40 days in Lent. (Sundays in this period are not counted as Lent.) The term Lent is derived from the word ‘lengthen’ as in ‘the days are getting longer’ in the Northern Hemisphere. Lent, a time of penitence, starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Maundy Thursday of [...]