The One with Mary

Photography by Gili Merin

At the church of Corbusier in Grandchamp the colors shine in and out of the building. The building looks like an UFO and a goddess at the same time. There are no glass paintings in the traditional sense. There are art brut flowers and writings. We do not have to see a picture of Mary. It is enough to read her written name and imagine her. Marie – brilliante comme le soleil is more than enough to create your own images and feelings within yourself. I am reminded of the mantra SriKrishnaSharanamMama. This simple Sanskrit sentence means something like I take refuge in my own personal god, in something that I imagine as God. I take refuge in something that is the holiest for me. Your own imagination is that was is holy. Atman. I am God, we are God. Everything starts flowing when we open up to God. As long as we try to force it through whatever behavior, whatever image, it will always be a struggle. Simple writings are more than enough. Marie – brilliante comme le soleil. God manifests into shiny moms, like me.