Baptist Church Building, (zaibatsu), 05/04/2019
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This is about life and art and beauty, not religion. I'm
sitting in a rather large (though, I believe they come in
even larger varieties) church building, a Baptist church,
waiting for a homeschool graduation ceremony to start. My
kids are in the choir (they're not quite old enough to be
graduating yet.)
Did you know homeschoolers graduated? There's a fair amount
of misconception around this point, so much so that you see
cases end up in litigation from time-to-time with people
getting abused later in life. I don't know how or why it
happens.
Anyway, I'm not excied about the ceremony, I never felt
graduation ceremonies were worth the time they take. It's
good for someone though, and I suppose that's good enough
for me. We're waiting around, my wife is helping out and my
kids are practicing with the choir.
I don't know that I've been in a Baptist church before. I
probably have, but none come to memory presently. This one
is on the larger side, multi-story, with quite a few
amenities that I'm not used to in a church; a library,
coffee shop, etc. I'm stuck in a different era myself, so
this is an interesting place to view.
Places of worship are beautiful to me. I've never been in
one where I felt anything other than beauty (I'll post if I
manage to find one.) They're often quiet, which I enjoy.
They're usually clean. Quiet and clean feels right to me,
even if life isn't generally those things in the wider
world.
There is a lack of art in this building, for some reason. I
wandered around and on this level the most artistic thing I
found was an old wooden phone booth in a corner, with a
folding glass door and and a brass "TELEPHONE" plaque (no
payphone inside, just a regular old phone, but still
awesome); there's a painting of some flowers, a framed photo
tribute to the national guard, and a generic print of a
nativity scene, and that's it. Lot's of empty wall space
where paintings could fit. I enjoy empty space too, though.
There are plenty of windows, and a lot of natural light. The
architecture is pleasant, but not artistic.
