tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585248048506931316.post555094175975956811..comments2014-10-24T05:18:22.781-04:00Comments on Missionaries Of St John: Go To Dark GethsemaneEmail Address In Profilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14359509254792000921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585248048506931316.post-53953355262126248382008-03-17T13:01:00.000-04:002008-03-17T13:01:00.000-04:00I too have a special connection to this painting. ...I too have a special connection to this painting. I have a copy of it hanging in my home and have always found the darkness of the picture so engaging (almost mezmorizing. <BR/><BR/>It gives me a sense of the "quiet before the storm." I need that feeling every now and then to put the perspective back in Lent and especially Holy Week. <BR/><BR/>As a visual learner - paintings (art in general) have always been the "thin places" spoken of in Celtic traditions. For me they create places where the curtain between heaven and earth are almost transparent. This picture is a beautiful example.<BR/><BR/>As NT Wright put so well, "Genuine art is thus itself a response to the beauty of creation, which itself is a pointer to the beauty of God." Oh, how true!Bob Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715562021856305172noreply@blogger.com