Wednesday, July 27, 2005
MEISNER AND THE ART OF TIMOTHY P. SCHMALTZ
There is not much available online about Ted Meisner apart from his website. I did find this column by Ed Grisamore which says that Ted Meisner and Javier Lopez are patients at the Macon Volunteer Clinic where they are instrumental in a language program to facilitate doctor-patient communication with Spanish patients. According to the article "Meisner learned Spanish when he served as a missionary in Bolivia in the 1960s. He met Lopez when Meisner was principal of a school there. Lopez came to Macon two years ago. Lopez is a cook at the Blue Plate restaurant on Ingleside Avenue."
Meisner's January 2, 2005 "Sunday Thoughts" concern the artwork of Timothy P. Schmaltz, titled "Holy Family." This sculpture of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph is also pictured on the main index of La Ermita where it is described this way: "Timothy P. Schmalz, a Canadian Christian sculptor, created the above image of the Holy Family, entitled “A Quiet Moment.” It is used here with permission. If you desire to know more, please visit the Holy Family Ministry. For La Ermita, the image also reflects the Family of the Holy Trinity, the Father, Sophia and Jesus."
The Trinity as father, mother, son implies the Blessed Virgin Mary was a lesbian since the Holy Spirit was her spouse in the conception of Jesus. It also implies that two women together can conceive new life. The concept of the Holy Spirit as a woman contradicts Roman Catholic theology.
The sculpture is beautiful. Our late Pope thought so as well as can be seen on the Holy Family Ministry website.
I went to Timothy Schmalz's website to see what other work he has done. Most of his work depicted there is religious in nature, primarily Catholic. I liked most of it. It is tasteful and chaste. A small portion of his art, however, is mildly pornographic. What to make of St. Mary?? And then there is Enraptured. There is also a Pregnant Madonna in the collection.
