The Big Question
This month’s question is: ‘What was your most memorable Easter?’
John Finch, ministries support officer with the Church of Scotland’s Priority Areas, Glasgow
“I wasn’t sure what to share. Most of us will have a ‘peak egg’ childhood memory, I had one Easter which included a bracing dip off Malin Head.
“In the end I chose one from my time working in Gorbals when I picked up a can of spray paint and took to the streets. We were hosting a community art exhibition to draw people together around universal themes from the Easter story. We created a beautiful pack to get people thinking about the themes and gave it to anyone who would stand still long enough.
“I was in the anxious space of waiting for pieces to come in and hoping that it wasn’t a flop. Suddenly I realised that I hadn’t created anything. I’m not gifted artistically, it took me a while to come up with an idea. One of the themes was Tribalism and Tradition.
“I knew of a youth club in the east end of Glasgow which was reliably covered in some of the most traditional tribal grafitti that Glasgow has to offer – I’m sure you can imagine. I went and bought a can of lurid pink spray paint, and hiked up to the east end. I went round the outside of the building spraying pink lovehearts over very specific words – and pretty soon the building was covered in ‘Love’ the polis, ‘Love’ Rangers, ‘Love’ Celtic. Conscious that the Police Station was across the road, I photographed my work and hustled back to Gorbals.