The body . . .
Reading Daniel Ladinsky’s translation of Rumi verses and really like this one,
perhaps befitting the last painting . . .
“where you touched me everything grows . . .”
when the heart overflows, H27 x W21 inch (68,5 x 53,3cm), painting by Claudia Dose
In any case something to contemplate while we still have a body . . . what is it that needs to be born from it?
The Body Is Like Mary
The body is like Mary and each of us has a Jesus inside.
Who is not in labor, holy labor? Every creature is.
See the value of true art when the earth or a soul is in
the mood to create beauty,
for the witness might then for a moment know beyond
any doubt, God is really there within,
so innocently drawing life from us with Her umbilical
universe,
though also needing to be born, yes God also needs to be
born,
birth from a hand’s loving touch, birth from a song breathing
life into this world.
The body is like Mary, and each of us, each of us, has a
Christ within.
(Rumi)
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