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my top three favorite museums in London
The British Museum - full of brilliant historical art and artifacts - like the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles, and the colossal...

Lara Neri
Jul 25, 20191 min read


Give Sorrow Words: the Healing Power of Theater
Over the past 10 years my husband and I have done quite a bit of reading, taking classes, attending conferences, and learning from...

Lara Neri
May 15, 20194 min read


The Byzantine Church as Microcosm
The interior of a Byzantine Church should be a three dimensional icon; the Church is a model of the universe, a vision of the redeemed, a...

Lara Neri
Jan 24, 20193 min read


How is iconography different from other religious art?
One Sunday after liturgy, I overheard a visitor to our church commenting on the iconography, “Why do the figures look so strange? They...

Lara Neri
Jan 17, 20194 min read


tea & tiny emperors
This past summer I was very blessed to be able to participate not only in another iconography class with the Byzantine School of...

Lara Neri
Jan 17, 20182 min read


art camps: pursuing Beauty together
Two intensive weeks of art camps have come to an end, and I am thankful for the experience. I kept enrollment to four students per camp...

Lara Neri
Jul 26, 20162 min read


iconography: window to the Divine
I have just returned from a beautiful, powerful, intense experience where art and prayer were indistinguishable. I have come away with a...

Lara Neri
Jul 5, 20162 min read


beauty & simplicity
The Japanese have a gift for the pursuit of Beauty. It is apparent in their art, their fashion, their gardening, their tea ceremony. The...

Lara Neri
Jun 8, 20161 min read
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