Among Bricks and Enchantment

Reference: Gagnon, B. (2009) The Passion façade of the Sagrada Familia Barcelona, Spain

At the end of the street, I was frozen in place. My breath was trapped in my chest. I was in awe. Brick by brick, the ancient time of angelic prayers in God’s name, materialised in front of me like a Gothic painting in the sky. That timeless dame, rising in a coffee cream dress decorated with holy parables. The Bible opened its covers, letting its stories be woven in stone faces. Brick upon brick unlocked my heart and Sagrada Familia (the…