Mary & Elizabeth, 2 digital collages

The 1st collage, "Playdate," imagines Mary & Elizabeth watching babies Jesus and John the Baptist play in the water. Elizabeth holds John's toy camel, and in Mary's lap, one of her symbols, the rose, is intertwined with a crown of thorns. The red & blue are traditional symbols of salvation, blood and water. Behind the judgy moms behind the hedge, is a quote from Jam's Tissot's painting, The Baptism of Jesus (1886-1894). The descending dove is quoted from Juan de Flandes, The Baptism of Christ (c. 1508-1519). The watching lamb is from Lucas Cranach the Elder's bizarre and wonderful painting, Adoration of The Child Jesus by St John the Baptist (between 1530 and 1540). I've uploaded it too so you can take a look.

The second collage imagines "the visitation" in Luke chapter 1: "At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”" (vs. 39-45)

Both collages include AI generated elements.

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