Words and Light

I’ve been asked a few times whether and why I like York. There are several reasons. One is that it’s old. Old and beautiful.

For example, the churches. Last month, I made pictures in a church that was founded in 1733. The building itself dates back to 1814, but that’s still older than just about anything that’s still standing in Texas.

Yesterday, I returned to the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist — where I’d previously made pictures during a 7 a.m. Ash Wednesday service — because they were serving up an Easter lunch. Founded in 1755, it, too, is an old and beautiful church.

Even the windows in the Parish Hall's kitchen at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist are beautiful.

I mean, really — you won’t find windows like these in any megachurch.

Since this window is quite long and begins about three feet from the ground, I'm not sure how anybody was able to reach up and draw in a smiley face.