🎨 Steemit Vision Quest 19: “How To Pray”. My artwork
"Young man, do not forget to pray. Each time you pray, if you do so sincerely, there will be the flash of a new feeling in it, and a new thought as well, one you did not know before, which will give you fresh courage; and you will understand that prayer is education.
Remember also: every day and whenever you can, repeat within yourself: “Lord, have mercy upon all who come before you today.” For every hour and every moment thousands of people leave their life on this earth, and their souls come before the Lord —- and so many of them part with the earth in isolation, unknown to anyone, in sadness and sorrow that no one will mourn for them, or even know whether they had lived or not.
And so, perhaps from the other end of the earth, your prayer for his repose will rise up to the Lord, though you did not know him at all, nor he you. How moving it is for his soul, coming in fear before the Lord, to feel at that moment that someone is praying for him, too, that there is still a human being on earth who loves him." (F.Dostoevsky)
Work in progress.
Wonderful painting, like the seriousness in the face of the woman
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How interesting, reading these lines by Dostoevsky. I love the sentiment in the first paragraph here, about the newness that comes through prayer–fresh perspectives that bring courage and understanding. Yes! And the second paragraph reminds us to pray for those souls outside of ourselves too. So right! The third paragraph speaks again of these other souls we're praying for, and the deeply-felt gift that we give to them through prayer. These words resonate with me today.
And I see brilliance in your artwork too, through the impression, the subject matter, the arrangement of elements and space, and the handling of light and dark. Reminds me of Rembrandt. I'm upping and resteeming.
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