Brooke Ochs
A Night Like Any Other
$1000
24" x 30"
Acrylic on paper
 
Artist Statement:
Something that struck me as I worked on this piece was how common it all would have felt. The course of the entire world was about to change, and yet, all the people in the city (in the world) were going about their day-to-day lives. Jesus wasn’t born in some holy temple set apart for the Messiah — he was born in an average town in an average home on an average night. Yet, despite the excess of the commonplace, The Savior of the WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD was born and everything changed. Still, how many people, neighbors, friends, merchants continued to sleep and eat and live not realizing the gravity of what took place? And how many of us continue to sleep and eat and live and take for granted the gravity of The Savior?