September 2, 2004

  • I feel . . . inspired. I just went to the art museum with Meghan. I discovered that a 5 min walk at no charge will bring me to the most inspirational piece of art I have ever seen. It is "Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda" (1883) by Carl H. Bloch.

    I saw it and instantly was in awe. It is huge. There is so much for me to learn from this masterpiece. Though my favorite Carl Block Painting is actually "Blessing the Children" (Both paintings depicted below are the works of Carl Henreich Bloch)

    I was also inspired in Brother Wolfe's spacial drawing class today. Yesterday I was asking myself how sinful artists can create the most beautiful, inspiring works of art. Well today I learned that this scripture is aplicable even to art:

    D&C 130:20-21
    "There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated—
    21 And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated."

    Note "that law." So if you follow a specific law, you will reep the rewards (or consequences) for that specific law. If you adhere to the law of tithing, you will recieve the blessings associated with such a law. If you adhere to the laws of art and drawing and painting, you will reep the blessings of a masterpiece painting. Disobeying the law of tithing will not take away the blessing that comes from the laws of art, just like disobeying the laws of art will not take away the blessings from tithing. Interesting.

    Also, one thing that has surprised me about BYU is that it doesn't hide anything. It doesn't deny the real world. For example, my art history class talks about art that predates 4,000 BC. My Book of Mormon teacher reffered to differences in multiple accounts of the first vision. These bits of knowledge don't hurt my testimony of the Church (BYU justifies them logically and truthfully), but I think it would have hurt my testimony if I knew that BYU was hiding it from me. BYU is pursuing higher education. Just thought I'd share that.


    (this image cannot compare to the actual painting, which is brighter, warmer, sharper, and more beautiful.)

Comments (6)

  • I noticed you refered to your art teacher as "brother"; if you're not a Mormon & go to BYU, do you still use that reference?

    & both paintings are quite inspirational :)

  • You call the teachers what they want to be called. Brother Wolfe asked to be called Brother Wolfe, by everyone. My English teacher goes by her first name, Kristen (this is the most most common). My Art History Teacher goes by Dr. Finlayson or Proffessor Finlayson. So it's a matter of teacher preference.

  • Ah...cool!

    I'm so happy that you're happy; I think Stevenson stifled you, erm, quite a bit! Seriously, reading this entries gushing about what a great place BYU is brightens my day because I know that even though I'm miserable with a cold, there's at least one other person out there having a blast.

  • I love the paintings. I wish I could see them in person. I'm sure I'll have to go on a little trip to Utah sometime soon. Thanks for sharing. :)
    -Meg

  • i saw you tonight!!!!

    now i can say that for sure.  haha. it was nice meeting you!

  • Ahhh Wulf. I told you you'd like him. He's one of the best.

Comments are closed.

Post a Comment