25 aug 2012

have you heard the story of the messed up jesus painting? on a column in a church in spain was a fresco called "ecco homo" which means "behold the man". in case you don't know, a fresco is a painting made using watercolours directly on a wall or ceiling when the plaster is wet so that the painting becomes part of the wall. this particular 100-yr-old painting wasn't particularly famous and was decaying, so a granddaughter of the artist donated some money to the church so that they could have it restored. before they had a chance to get started, though, some lady took it upon herself to do the work. the problem was that she completely lacks the requisite talent and has rendered a lovely painting completely ridiculous.


how does that happen? what made her think it was okay for her to take this task on in the first place? then, it's clear from the pictures that she must have been at it for quite a while. how can no one have seen her working? and if they did see, why didn't they stop her? and why did it take so long for her to realise that she was destroying the painting? i mean, after a couple strokes, i think you'd have to say to yourself: this isn't going well. right? i mean, c'mon. this is ridiculous.