cephalophore

A classic example of how life imitates art... It began when the church commissioned a painting of Saint Longlegs.  The artist, famous for painting from the bottom up, realised halfway through that he had misjudged the proportions of the Saint and would ultimately only fit the saint up to his shoulders.

The artist pondered over this until he faked divine inspiration and depicted the first cephalophore, convincing the papal figures that this was indeed how he saw it in his 'vision'.

cephalophore

(noun) a saint who is generally depicted carrying his or her own head

Through the ages, the cephalophore has consistently posed unique challenges of composition to the artist, but never before has the unsought freedom of expression granted by non-conventional positioning of the head and halo been so acutely felt as in the case of Rafael Huertas, first professional basketball player to be canonised by the Catholic Church.

equipoise

n. 1. state of balance

2. something that serves as a counterbalance

"Work and family need to find a perfect equipoise," said the motivational speaker who had yet to go on a date, let alone strike a balance between work and family life. But still, he had all the answers.