Art of Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday ushers in the Lenten season, between now and Easter of penitence and negation, where some of us may give up desires like meat, chocolate, alcohol, social media, etc. to make more room for silence over chaos, abundance over scarcity, solidarity over estrangement.

Although this is traditionally a season of deep reflection and solemnity, joy, renewal, rebirth are all here too, waiting to be unearthed. After all, God made humans of dust, of earth, ash, an element of creation.