Wells Art Contemporary

The theme for the Installationsfor this years Wells Art Contemporary is; ‘Flowing Light’. Some thoughts on this theme, from the Canon Chancellor of Wells Cathedral, can be found here.

“Flowing Light” was the image of transformation envisioned and articulated by the Christian medieval mystic Mechtild of Magdeburg. The first to write of spiritual visions in Low German, this creative woman opened up Christian imagery and mystical experience to a broad range of people amongst whom she lived in the thirteenth century. She wrote passionately of the flow of divinity into humanity, so her revelations present shimmering pictures of the divine-human encounter and the possibility of a transformative relationship in abundant life-giving streams channelled with beauty and vibrancy between humanity and God.

The Revd Dr Megan Daffern, Canon Chancellor

My Installation – “Flumen Lucis” (River of Light) to symbolises the continual flow of God’s grace, truth, and presence in the life of believers. It evokes ‘the flow of divinity into humanity’, as propounded by Mechtild of Magdeburg. It reflects the work of the Holy Spirit in renewing creation and the Church, flowing from baptism and Eucharist to mission and ministry.

For me as an agnostic it represents the ‘Source’, a series of springs rising to the East of the present cathedral, the city’s water of life or Holy Spirit, a symbol of renewal, of new beginnings, of new relationships.