Location: in front of St. Paul's Anglican on Bloor, east of Church
Date photo taken: 6 January
This hooded figure, presented life-sized and sitting outside St. Paul's Anglican on Bloor Street, is one of Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz' representations of Jesus. His first and arguably most famous depicted Jesus similarly cloaked, hooded and barefoot, sleeping on a bench. He explained his inspiration to the CBC: "If you look at the history of Christian artwork, most of the representations of Jesus have him embodied as physical perfection... So this is a breakaway from that. I started thinking, how would Jesus want to be portrayed? Would he want to be made out of marble, perfect and wavy, with beautiful gowns? And if you read the Gospels, I don't think that would really interest him. I think he would want to be represented like the least of his brothers.
This installation includes a ring of bronze stools surrounding the figure which welcome passers-by to sit awhile. St. Paul's encourages those who do to take a picture and post it using the hashtag #SittingWithJesus.
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