G.-B. Tiepolo, Hagar and Ishmael in the desert, v.1732, Oil on canvas, 133 x 112 cm cm SCUAL San Rocco, Venice.
" God, thou art my God, I'm looking at Dawn:
my soul thirsts for you;
languish after thee my flesh,
affected arid land without water. "Psalm 62.
bottom of the canvas, his face turned towards the earth, Ishmael thirsty corpse white belly in the air, expiation. Allegory of the soul is thirsty for his Lord and after that all flesh languishes. The land that is thirsty, can not be satisfied with the torrent of blue fabric that surrounds it. It looks real water, which quenches, that by which he will never thirst. His death has already prompted the response of the Lord God as it is stroked with a white light coming from the front of the table. "God heard the voice of the boy and the sky, the angel of God called to Hagar. He said: "What ails you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is." "(Genesis 21:17).
Above the child's mother, her face turned towards the sky, is also wrapped, wreathed itself, the blue sky, celestial tape that continues her blue dress. The face suddenly rosi emotion, almost a blood burst of life for the Lord answered his mother cry. A hand around the child, the other open palm awaits the true relief. She receives the life of an Other.
Above them, dancing, wings, feet in the air, hand showing the direction of the well, while the angel camel, looked at both beggars. The help is in the name of the Lord!
The painter not interested in the decor: there are no painted desert around them. This is the drama of hearts he wanted to seize. Let us examine it.
ask the Lord to visit our deserts and our dead zones, so that life and gushing joyful surprise us again, unexpected, even high-flying.
For all thirsty for God ... Good way to Lent.
Sr. Nathalie CSJ, St. Guilhem le Desert, February 25, 2009.
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