Comments on: Synchronicity or Coincidence? http://www.pinkgazelle.com/2009/02/11/synchronicity-or-coincidence/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:57:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Patrick Brooks http://www.pinkgazelle.com/2009/02/11/synchronicity-or-coincidence/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Patrick Brooks Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:17:41 +0000 http://www.pinkgazelle.com/?p=721#comment-12 When I was in art school more than 20 years ago, I painted a scene that was of Christ's hands holding a crystal goblet upon which a butterfly was perched. The viewer would know it was supposed to be Christ's hands because there is a fairly obvious wound on the back of the hand facing the viewer. The ironic part is that I posed for the photography that the painting was based on, so it is my hand shown holding the cup. A day or two after I had finished the painting, a slight abrasion appeared on the back of my hand -- the same hand that is shown with the stigmata in the painting. I thought it was such a strange coincidence, that I photographed the abrasion on my hand to convince myself later that it really did happen. In hindsight, I figure it was merely a psychosomatic reaction to the whole experience. Pat When I was in art school more than 20 years ago, I painted a scene that was of Christ’s hands holding a crystal goblet upon which a butterfly was perched. The viewer would know it was supposed to be Christ’s hands because there is a fairly obvious wound on the back of the hand facing the viewer.

The ironic part is that I posed for the photography that the painting was based on, so it is my hand shown holding the cup. A day or two after I had finished the painting, a slight abrasion appeared on the back of my hand — the same hand that is shown with the stigmata in the painting.

I thought it was such a strange coincidence, that I photographed the abrasion on my hand to convince myself later that it really did happen. In hindsight, I figure it was merely a psychosomatic reaction to the whole experience.

Pat

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