This is all about God, prayer, community, music, art, poetry, theology, love and all sorts of things people run into on their life journey, especially when the second half of life is looming ahead. It is inspired by Fr Richard Rohr, by the Contemplative Outreach of Fr Thomas Keating, by C.G. Jung, by C.S. Lewis, Alan Watts, St Beuno's retreat house and all the communities I have a privilege to belong to. It is dedicated to and I hope will be used by my nearest and dearest, scattered all over the planet, and who are falling upwards with me.
Monday, 9 April 2012
Noli Me Tangere
Holbein clearly knew something the Western civilization totally missed : that the Risen Lord practiced martial arts...
It is also clear why he said those words we can not digest, Noli me tangere: wouldn't you, facing this life-threatening Mary?
Happy Easter, dear Club; thanks God, Christ has risen.
fab! Your wonderful exegesis of this painting helps me with my deep distress over the incident. However I'm working on a painting of this even as I write though, in my image, Mary is in bits and Jesus is in trousers. I'm working on an Annunciation at the same time; two Marys then, one angel and a risen Christ... in trousers. Bless you all.
fab! Your wonderful exegesis of this painting helps me with my deep distress over the incident. However I'm working on a painting of this even as I write though, in my image, Mary is in bits and Jesus is in trousers. I'm working on an Annunciation at the same time; two Marys then, one angel and a risen Christ... in trousers. Bless you all.
ReplyDeleteMary's saying if you stop doing the Tai Chi a moment I'll show you my one handed Mexican wave. I'll get my coat...
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