Hi Janet,

Yea, I'm just warming up.

It's 15" tall, including the rock.

Thanks, J.R.

The cross is an old form of execution and torture.
This places an image of an old god, Ra, upon it.

What one does may be read in many ways.
The texture of your cross might be read as flames.
(it would go with the heat-fire of the sun image)
interesting

these things are all interesting.
many things we can and do do to express ourselves.

But, name your teddy bear Moh*******d
or sink a cross with a male image on it in urine.

well I suppose we can, but
Some people have no sense of humor.

Gene Olson
Sculptor
Elk River, MN

Thanks Gene,

What you say is very... interesting!

J.R.

Matt,

Not sure if you intended, but interestingly, you and I are involved in a bit of semantics, or a play on words. I titled the piece "Sun on the Cross," in your reply you said "Son on the Cross." I was originally going to make an actual crucifixion, complete with Jesus' figure. But, according to my mother (I don't have a sentiment either way), the "Son" is not on the cross any more, because he has risen and ascended.

The sun cross, is one of the oldest and most universal religious symbols and a popular neopagan solar symbol. It is also known as the suncross, solar cross, sun wheel, sun disc. As an example, in neopaganism the term sun cross could be used for the Celtic cross. Or as Gene points out "Ra" is the ancient Egyptian sun god. And as Frank said, I did mix icons; he further said "...after all they did move the Sabbath to SUNday." Thanks Gene & Frank!

Thanks for your reply... especially because it allowed me to point out that I took all of the above into consideration before I started.

And as always, thanks for your kind words,

J.R.

Thanks Jake,

I'm going to do another cross, and give it to my sister-in-law as a memorial to her husband, who we recently lost in Iraq.

Thanks again, J.R.