What's this all about?

Cellarius, or the Cellarer, is the name that St Benedict (c.480–547) gives to the middle manger of his monastery in the "little Rule" which bears his name. The Cellarer's job is to keep the show on the road, by making sure that the monks have all the resources they need - not too much, not too little. When not occupied with the day job, like all monks he walks about eyes open to spot Christ at work in the people and places around him.

This blog is a Lenten exercise in the visual for one who is primarily verbal; the title is taken from this poem:

Indifference

When Jesus came to Golgotha, they hanged Him on a tree,
They drove great nails through hands and feet, and made a Calvary;
They crowned Him with a crown of thorns, red were His wounds and deep,
For those were crude and cruel days, and human flesh was cheap.

When Jesus came to Basingstoke, they simply passed Him by.
They would not hurt a hair of Him, they only let Him die;
For men had grown more tender, and they would not give Him pain,
They only just passed down the street, and left Him in the rain.

Still Jesus cried, ‘Forgive them, for they know not what they do,’
And still it rained the winter rain that drenched Him through and through;
The crowds went home and left the streets without a soul to see,
And Jesus crouched against a wall, and cried for Calvary.  

GA Studdert Kennedy (alt.)

The visual inspiration came from my friend Ric at I ask for wonder; thanks Ric.