The Convent
by William Fields
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Title
The Convent
Artist
William Fields
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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The image you see is both a sunset picture and picture of a building of some historic interest. It was once a convent that housed teaching sisters at Saint Paul Parish in Pocahontas, Arkansas. Since the days when this building was in use another structure was constructed and can be seen just to the right of the frame. It too is now vacant. The last remaining nuns that serve the parish live in a house a few blocks away in the neighborhood. The convent in my picture can be thought of as a metaphor for the demise of religious life in Catholicism. The scandals that have rocked the church in the recent times coupled with what was called the great bleeding when so many religious left the clergy over the last twenty or thirty years and now, the unprecedented in our lifetimes, event of the pope resigning all seem embodied in this old building that still stands, but doesn't have a lot left to contribute.
There is a mystery of a non-religious nature in this picture. It is one which I have broached in the past. Why are there two front doors, unconnected, yet side by side?
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March 6th, 2013
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Comments (10)
Morag Bates
This looks very spooky William. The magical light which you have captured adds to the surreal atmosphere. I was wondering if the two doors could have anything to do with segregation ?
William Fields replied:
Thank you Morag, appreciate your kind comments. You may have a point, but I am doubtful because in our shameful past, servants usually entered the main house from the back. During times of segregation, I have been to a tavern that had a stripe painted across the ceiling, down the walls, over the bar and across the floor. Blacks were required to sit on one side of the stripe and whites on the other. One bartender, one set of glasses and one set of liquor but a separate reality for the patrons. Never understood how anyone thought they got any value from those practices.
Cheri Randolph
William, the capture of the setting sun in this particular scene is also a very appropriate metaphor for the Church itself, I'm afraid. I like to think and hope that the practice of the Catholic faith has become a more personal endeavor for each participant, where we don't need the prompting of the nuns any longer. I do miss seeing them, though, for some were such kind and gentle souls. Lovely capture of the building and sunset - especially the glimmering reflections in the windows. Voted
William Fields replied:
Cheri, thanks for your always thoughtful comments. I agree completely about the fate of the church. I find it amazing to see an institution that has held such power and with so long a history fading before our eyes. In the same breath, there are other religious institutions on the rise worldwide. My personal spirituality is not reliant on any group or specific faith, so as an outsider of sorts, I just wonder what it all means.
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