tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post2656563969184419616..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Christmas thoughts on painting and symbol...Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-90124146316215193502019-12-24T12:57:41.469-05:002019-12-24T12:57:41.469-05:00I'm not Orthodox, but I have to say that I hav...I'm not Orthodox, but I have to say that I have some leanings that way... And also am participating in a project that will be led by an Orthodox priest. I do love the way the early fathers read the world.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-57629874506497569712019-12-24T12:55:51.919-05:002019-12-24T12:55:51.919-05:00And you--safe wandering to you!And you--safe wandering to you!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-39935698284335846682019-12-24T12:55:25.700-05:002019-12-24T12:55:25.700-05:00Yes, of course! The tree in the garden and the tre...Yes, of course! The tree in the garden and the tree on which Christ hung are joined...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-51891876229542149752019-12-24T12:37:53.400-05:002019-12-24T12:37:53.400-05:00A great Christmas card. Here's to a merry one ...A great Christmas card. Here's to a merry one for you and yours!Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-85461587828577351862019-12-24T11:32:14.369-05:002019-12-24T11:32:14.369-05:00The tree on the left is equally, if not more, like...The tree on the left is equally, if not more, likely to refer to the Tree of Life in Eden. At least one early Church father (Hippolytus) writes of Christ being our Tree of Life. "The fruit of righteousness and the tree of life is Christ. "<br />This idea is echoes in an Orthodox prayer - the Troparion of the Forefeast of the Nativity:<br />"Adorn yourself, O Ephratha, for the tree David Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875255261580216936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-54275209925698533242019-12-24T11:06:51.965-05:002019-12-24T11:06:51.965-05:00And this one was a minor part of something larger,...And this one was a minor part of something larger, and not as complex as many--yet still so full of meaning. Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-28721028600579834472019-12-24T11:04:47.333-05:002019-12-24T11:04:47.333-05:00Yes, I do adore going to museums... Precious repos...Yes, I do adore going to museums... Precious repositories in a strange era.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-86828019551146171612019-12-24T10:08:29.085-05:002019-12-24T10:08:29.085-05:00Thank you for sharing your deep understanding of s...Thank you for sharing your deep understanding of symbolism! It always blows my mind when someone illuminates the messages artists from another era intended to convey to often illiterate audiences through symbolism. One picture really can - and often does - tell a thousand words.Kim Beallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788345076449612253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-29428330383281599602019-12-24T09:46:00.171-05:002019-12-24T09:46:00.171-05:00Fascinating and thought provoking musings. I agree...Fascinating and thought provoking musings. I agree that the secular museums of our age are not so freighted with meaning as the Medieval cathedrals are/were, but in this time of darkness, they stand as confirmation of the sacredness of the individual voice, the possibility of creation in a world that seems to be unraveling around us.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.com