Triptych – Jennie Gardner

 

 

Title:

Triptych

 

Description:

‘Triptych’ is a reflection on an individual’s understanding of the divine, and the way this is experienced. The content is autobiographical, and tells the story of a ‘breaking down’, followed by a ‘breaking through’ and a ‘breaking in’.

 

 

Bio:

Jennie Gardner lives, works, writes and sings in Edinburgh. Focusing on poetry, her writing is inspired by our human instinct for story-telling and the transformative power that stories have.

 

Author

  • Karen is finishing a PhD program in the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts after careers in corporate management, consulting, and pastoral and theatre ministry. She explores theological and theatrical contexts of ’empty space’ and general human disposition toward it, with emphasis on improvisation (specifically Playback Theatre) and Holy Saturday. Since 2017, Karen has led or advised ITIA’s Transept group, a postgraduate-led group of multidisciplinary practicing artists. Karen was an editor for Transpositions from 2017 to 2022. As Editor-in-Chief, she fostered a closer partnership between Transpositions and Transept, hosted the In/break exhibition on the Transpositions site, and introduced regular series into the publishing schedule.