💙Indigo: Serenity This #PrideMonth, we're sharing artworks inspired by the rainbow flag. Today we look at Indigo, symbolizing Serenity. . “Saint Sebastian was a Roman imperial captain who was shot with arrows by fellow soldiers because of his faith. In the late 1400s, manuscript illuminator Lieven van Lathem depicted Sebastian with a serene look on his face, as golden rays emerge to form a halo around his head. A prayer across the pages reads, 'Console us in times of tribulation, and bring us remedy in times of plague and epidemic.' Sebastian has long been a patron saint of queer individuals, especially during the outbreak of AIDS in the 1980s (see theAIDSMemorial) and for a spectrum of gay men specifically. Many contemporary artists have referenced the saint in their art, including Ron Athey and Catherine Opie, Keith Haring, Kent Monkman, and Kehinde Wiley. The ubiquity of Saint Sebastian images in art finds a harrowing parallel in the litany of names and faces of LGBTQ+ individu...