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Look at the contrast between the two nuns. Hardy and yet still feminine. I don't know why but I really like this painting.  |
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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2009, 10:40:AM » |
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Is that a Memento Mori rosary?
It is a very nice painting.
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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2009, 10:43:AM » |
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Probably. Would fit in with the fact that they are digging a grave. |
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"We're from Jersey. Not New Jersey, just Jersey. We curse a lot. We say "yo" and we say it often. We sure as hell don't pump our own gas. We know what real pizza tastes like and we know that a bagel is much more than a roll wit a hole in the middle. We judge people by what exit they are off the parkway or by what mall they live closest to. We drive SUVs and we tailgate any chance we get. All good nights must end in a diner, preferably with cheese fries. It's a sub, not a hoagie or a hero. and I wash it down with soda, not pop. I have a dawg, and I drink cawfee. ..and New York City, is "the city." We know 65 mph means 80 mph."-Anon
Foolish then, is he who departs from the Vicar of Christ Crucified, who has the keys of the Blood, or who goes against him . . . Even though the pope were satan incarnate himself, I may not lift up my head against him, but I must always humble myself, and beg for the Blood as a mercy, for in no other wise can I obtain a part of it -St. Catherine of Sienna.
If desire has equal power with actual Baptism, you would then be satisfied to desire Glory, as though that longing itself were Glory!-St. Gregory Nazianzen.
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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2009, 11:18:AM » |
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That's really beautiful
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« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2009, 11:32:AM » |
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This painting gives you a lot to think about.
Do you have the name of the artist?
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« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2009, 12:32:PM » |
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The artist is John Everett Millais and the painting is "The Vale of Rest" (1858)
Gorgeous.
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« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2009, 12:57:PM » |
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well, it's a beautiful painting... beautifully composed, beautiful lighting.... the nuns themselves are the picture of youth and health!!...but they're in a grave yard. the one that is working has young, strong arms - attacking digging the grave with all she can muster, looks like. the one sitting on the casket is serene, has the rosary ( yep, there's a skull on there -so memento mori?), quietly resting. They look so much alike - like one is calm, quiet, prayerful - while the other rolls up her sleeves and tackles the work at hand. Maybe the same person? A melancholic/sanguine?!  |
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« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2009, 12:59:PM » |
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That is very nice. Anywhere we can get one for the wall?
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« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2009, 04:07:PM » |
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Like Michelangelo's pair of statues, "Leah, the active life" and "Rachel, the contemplative life". Beautiful painting! Who's it by? |
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« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2009, 06:23:PM » |
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The nun who is praying looks towards the viewer and confronts, as if to say, "What about you? Someday this will be you for whom a grave is to be dug."
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« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2009, 07:13:PM » |
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I think it would be cool to dig my own grave. Contemplative and penitential at the same time.
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« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2009, 07:19:PM » |
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I think it would be cool to dig my own grave. Contemplative and penitential at the same time.
depends on how fast you're digging. |
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« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2009, 08:07:PM » |
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Reminds me of Mary and Martha.
As always, Mary has chosen the better portion.
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« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2009, 08:31:PM » |
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I think it would be cool to dig my own grave. Contemplative and penitential at the same time.
depends on how fast you're digging.Too slow and it's not penitential, too fast and it's not contemplative. Not sure what the preferred speed for digging one's own grave is, but it's a fine line I'm sure. |
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« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2009, 08:48:PM » |
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[/QUOTE] Too slow and it's not penitential, too fast and it's not contemplative. Not sure what the preferred speed for digging one's own grave is, but it's a fine line I'm sure. [/QUOTE] depends on why you're digging your own grave.  |
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