This image was first introduced to me as a newly qualified teacher last year on the RE training course in Westminster. It is by the Catholic artist Antonia Rolls who in 1985, when she painted this small picture (5" x 5"), was living in West London, very close to where I live now and was leading an equally busy life working with an economic consultancy firm . It had an immediate resonance for me at the time since, like the artist, I had spent many years riding the subway observing the indifferent, even dispassionate behavior of the mass of detached and isolated beings with whom I traveled every day; carefully avoiding eye contact, despite the often uncomfortable proximity. This contemporary image is reminiscent of many older works in which the person of Jesus is depicted in a working environment, as a shepherd or carpenter. It shows Jesus in a "normal" situation, perhaps on his way to work - a situation that people today can easily understand. It shows the hypostatic Jesus as both divine and human: with his hands crossed, on a crowded train, the Jesus in the photo, however, is not your "normal commuter", not simply because of his iconic clothing or his halo, but because of what he is doing - he is looking directly at you! He knows you, and you know that He knows it. But what about other people… The City smartass who reads the FT is very keenly focused on something “more important”; the elderly lady firmly maintains “subway etiquette” by staring into the middle distance, while holding onto her valuables; meanwhile the younger woman simply closes her eyes to everything – perhaps today she would put on headphones and settle into her own little world. Their intention is made clear to the viewer; these people, like many of those who came into contact...... middle of paper ......ty (2013), CPHZ002AP2013/4 Catholic Certificate of Religious Studies, Person of Christ (2013/14), Liverpool, Liverpool Hope University2. Davies, D. (1994), 'Christianity', from Holm, Jean 'Picturing God' pp41-69, London, Frances Pinter Publishers Ltd3. The Trinity (2014), 'In Our Time', BBC Radio 4 with Janet Soskice, professor of philosophical theology at Cambridge University and fellow of Jesus College; Martin Palmer, Director of the International Consultation on Religion, Education and Culture; The Reverend Graham Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and Canon of Christ Church. Available from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03xgl3m (accessed 19 April 2014)4. The Person of Jesus (2014), 'Catholic Faith', available at http://catholicfaith.org.uk/Home/Catholic-Faith/The-person-of-Jesus-Christ (accessed 19 April 2014)