standing under a weeping cherry blossom tree just now taking in all the color, i was reminded of a quote Bill gave me once from Chromophobia by David Batchelor :
"to fall into color is to fall out of words."
there is a certain part of 65th avenue near my house where yellow flowers, green buds, and the brightest pink blossoms fall in a row. it is sensory overload: especially with all the sun.
i couldn't take my eyes off of the tree -- the pink blossoms swaying in the wind, the sharp contrast of deep brown bark against pink, the height of the thing. i thought of how we will see Jesus in heaven : we won't be able to take our eyes off of Him. (& this is how we are called to live now too). there will be so many facets to see : His eyes, His wounds, His smile . . . so,
"to fall into Jesus is to fall out of words."
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
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great post julia. the hills are turning green here and the skies blue. its lovely.
But then again, to be in Jesus and have his Spirit in us is to be filled with words: John 15--
7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples... so part of being Jesus disciples is to be filled with words--just like God created the world with words and the folks at Pentecost spoke in tongues when they were filled with the Spirit. I think that in a sense art stands in between the lack of words (Isaiah 6 unclean lips and the like) and filling of words that is involved with the Christian life.
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