Monday, May 25, 2009

Domine, ad quem ibimus?

The Valley of the Shadow of Death (1866) - Sir Joseph Noel Paton

Does this painting seem to you gratuitous in the figure's nakedness, vulnerability, helplessness? If so, you have not yet been to a hospital with the diagnosis of cancer and the need of surgical extrication of a tumor, whereas a week prior you had been lifting weights and running two plus miles.

Sir Joseph Noel Paton catches it perfectly. Perfectly. Just wait. You will see.

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