This Creative World

Daniel Mitsui, fresh out of Dartmouth and thinking about a career in ecclesiastical architectural restoration, executes the kind of elaborate pen-and-ink drawings Aubrey Beardsley might do if he were more oriented to virtue than to decadence. Here's Daniel's SS. Cyril and Methodius, the monks-later-saints from beautiful Thessalonica who brought the Slavs into Christendom. Not least by inventing the Cyrillic alphabet.

Очень хороший! Спасибо, С-. Сирил!

Especially if you have some affection for a parish that is not obligated to hew to the exact niceties of the iconographic tradition, maybe commission a Patron Saint's Day bulletin cover? Why not? Be a patron of the arts! These days, compared to the Medici you can buy in for a generous pittance. Some patrons even attempt, in fine Renaissance fashion, to insert themselves in the humble crowd. Figure, lower left, kneeling...