The post-Impressionist artist Paul Cezanne forever changed
the way that we look at art when he famously said: "Treat nature by the
cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each
side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point."
His discernment that these three shapes
underlie every form has changed the way in which we see nature and make
art. Hidden, as it were, in plain sight,
suddenly the cylinder, sphere and cone became the organizing principle of
modern art and the analysis of the composition of all that came before it.
I think it’s that way with the Gospel. Having encountered Jesus in his words, deeds
and person, it is impossible to see the world the same way again. What was hidden in plain sight, that
everything that is, that was, and that will be, is grounded in the love of
God. Suddenly, everything that appeared
obscure, chaotic and hopeless makes sense at the most profound level.
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