Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

In Pieter Bruegels painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus the fall of the god Icarus passes unnoticed on earth The farmers continue to work the land and the boats sail on As William Carlos Williams later wrote in his poem of the same name a once mighty god becomes a little splash quite unnoticed In Chris Sullivans version Icarus becomes Ray an aging priest whose congregation is dwindling as fast as his sanity As Rays condition deteriorates society fails to notice or care