"Andenken an die Erste Heilige Kommunion"
This is the first Jesus posted here because it is also the first Jesus I bought for this project. In fact, it is the first Jesus I bought in my entire life.
I wasn't raised in a religious way. My mother didn't have me baptized, I guess she wanted me to have to chance to decide for myself. And she gave the possibility to simply decide "for" something. If you are a protestant and decide that Bhuddism suits you better, you have to decide against something first. Not very comfortable, I guess.
Back to this Jesus: I bought it on a flea market in Ichenhausen, Germany (view Google map), which is not far from where I live. It was shortly after I had decided to actually do this project, thanks to talks with Christian Schwarm and the Artist Petri Ala-Maunus.
When I entered the flea market site, this Jesus lay as one of the first items on the first table of the very first stand.
I was a little shy at first because I somehow felt that you are only allowed to buy Jesus if you actually believe in God in some way. I got over that feeling quickly and bought three more Jesus images at that same flea market.
BTW: I still haven't decided for a religion. I guess I never will. The only thing I realize is that my values and my ideas of how life has to work for me is not too far from most peaceful religions.
"ANDENKEN AN DIE ERSTE HEILIGE KOMMUNION"
View a larger version on flickr.
MEASUREMENTS: 15,5 x 12 cm (w x h)
SIZE: 0,019 m²
BOUGHT ON: September 30th, 2007
IN: Ichenhausen, Germany (map)
AT: Flea Market
PRICE PAID: 3,- Euro
DISTANCE TO STUTTGART: 117km
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