{"id":822,"date":"2014-09-01T20:35:08","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T20:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?p=822"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:47:38","slug":"icons-of-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?p=822","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-822 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?attachment_id=823'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_n5abmqyo2w1qesjr7o3_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?attachment_id=824'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_n5abmqyo2w1qesjr7o5_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?attachment_id=825'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_n5abmqyo2w1qesjr7o1_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?attachment_id=826'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_n5abmqyo2w1qesjr7o2_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?attachment_id=827'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_n5abmqyo2w1qesjr7o8_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?attachment_id=828'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_n5abmqyo2w1qesjr7o9_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?attachment_id=829'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_n5abmqyo2w1qesjr7o6_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?attachment_id=830'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_n5abmqyo2w1qesjr7o7_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/?attachment_id=831'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tumblr_n5abmqyo2w1qesjr7o4_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/tommytoony.tumblr.com\/post\/96284491880\/yasahime-xhobbledehoyx-yasboogie-james-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tommytoony<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/yasahime.tumblr.com\/post\/94929223983\/xhobbledehoyx-yasboogie-james-c-lewis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yasahime<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/xhobbledehoyx.tumblr.com\/post\/85893634183\/icons-of-the-bible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">xhobbledehoyx<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/yasboogie.tumblr.com\/post\/85179457317\/icons-of-the-bible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yasboogie<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/_mr_n3k\" target=\"_hplink\" rel=\"noopener\">James C. Lewis<\/a> \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.noire3000studios.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Icons Of The Bible<\/a>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The series, which will be fully released in October, features 70 models who identify as either Asian, Native American, Hispanic, African, Middle Eastern, Black American and West Indian.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it is very important to see one\u2019s self in the Scripture so that it may become real in their eyes,&rdquo; Lewis told The Huffington Post. &ldquo;The whitewashing of the Bible has always bothered me. However I\u2019m happy to now have the opportunity to give a different point of view.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wish to exhibit a splash of color onto the biblical pages of history with my creative embellishments. By doing so I hope to open the minds and eyes of the ignorant and create open conversations of how we can learn to see the world through colorful lenses. After all, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is intended for everyone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For those who\u2019d like to see the entire collection, \u201cIcons Of The Bible\u201d will on display from November 2014 to February 2015 in Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>-waits for white people to flip shit-<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>unfing awesome<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hi there\u2026..white guy here\u2026..this is me NOT flipping my shit because the bible didn\u2019t take place in Connecticut.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hi there &hellip; another white guy here &hellip; also not flipping my shit. This is actually pretty cool and I wouldn&rsquo;t mind seeing the whole thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>tommytoony: yasahime: xhobbledehoyx: yasboogie: James C. Lewis \u201cIcons Of The Bible\u201d The series, which will be fully released in October, features 70 models who identify as either Asian, Native American, Hispanic, African, Middle Eastern, Black American and West Indian. &ldquo;I think it is very important to see one\u2019s self in the Scripture so that it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[196,195,194,193],"class_list":["post-822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-icons-of-the-bible","tag-iconsofthebible","tag-james-c-lewis","tag-jamesclewis","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":832,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions\/832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grunk.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}