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When sacred painting becomes too personal

I have been painting Russian icons for five years but lately when I look at the faces I see my own pain reflected back and it feels wrong to put that into something meant to be sacred

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The intersection of personal emotional reality with transcendent artistic purpose creates a crisis of spiritual boundaries.

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