Truro Cathedral is a truly inspirational place. But for the Cathedral's Communications Officer Colin Reid, there is one particular aspect of the spectacular building that stands out. For the BBC's Divine Art Campaign, Colin has written about the South Rose window at Truro Cathedral:
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"I love this stained glass window. I've never seen anything like it for sheer raw power and impact. Magnificent colours provide this energy as they pulse and dance; the whole thing trembling with light. "There are jewels of red, orange and blue swimming in golden stonework tracery. There is a dynamism that even works when it's dull. It seems to suck in ordinary daylight and transform it into a rotating wheel of colour. "Together the three round rose windows in the cathedral depict the Trinity; God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. With the white dove at its heart, the south rose window symbolises the Holy Spirit, with tongues of fire blowing out to the twelve disciples as they spin round the hub.
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"Many times I have watched visitors to the cathedral literally 'stopped in their tracks' by the beauty and power of the window. In much the same way as I imagine the disciples must have been stopped 'in their tracks' by the beauty and power of the Holy Spirit. "For me the window combines art and craft, light and vision, the spiritual and the sublime. For me it doesn't get any better than that." |