I visited the 13th century Gothic Cathedral of Reims, where Joan of Arc got the Dauphin crowned on the first day of our Easter holidays.
The massive stained glass windows were dark and dusty from the outside, hardly seemed worth exploring with one of our children cathedral-resistant in a town of patisseries.
But we stepped inside. Inside it was flooded with splendid multi-coloured light, the brightest reds, blues and greens the mind can conceive.
Ah, I thought, like faith. Dreary, and restricting from the outside. Inside a world of light and magic and joy!I loved the tiny stained glass figures, hundreds of feet above ground, barely discernible by the naked eye.
Art for its own sake, and for the sake of God. Humankind’s love for God and for each other has inspired most of the greatest art.
All great art springs from love.