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Following St
Francis’s steps, painting is in my opinion a sort of praise, something
very close to prayer in its thoughtful gestures and in its inner mood: it
is a deed deeply rooted in the quest for the innermost meaning of life on
earth.
All along this painted journey through the great spiritual Traditions,
beyond the different religious forms with their own particular rites and
symbols, the only real unifying agent is contemplation. The great mystics
of all religions have in fact spoken the same language of the soul, beyond
any exterior form, as it is in the core, or at the height, of the
contemplative state of inner silence that the deep and eternal union with
all forms of Spirit comes true.
A few
Considerations about Art
In earlier
times the purpose of art – of visual arts – was to express some thoughts,
to convey knowledge by moving the world of emotions, by stirring man’s
feelings towards something above the ordinary reality.
Inevitably, every true work of art lies both on a horizontal scale, as an
expression of the time and context in which it comes to light, and on a
vertical scale, as an expression of some essence which makes it eternal
and able to speak to the human beings of all times.
The whole art
of the past was, and still is, an evidence of this fact. A deep knowledge
is shrouded in ancient art: we can only marvel at the sight of the
splendour and the elevation of some works, and the instant we wonder, a
timeless, suspended communication takes place between the work of art and
our innermost being.
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