Beauty: A Vocation

Beauty: A Vocation

An intellectual giant who bridges the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, I think, is Blessed John Paul II. In 1999 John Paul II wrote a Letter to Artists. In this reflection, I liked two things from among his many rich thoughts.

This is my study copy of Blessed John Paul II's Letter to Artists, with details of the Polish Poet Cyprian Norwid's (1821-1883) translated poems. And yes, a favourite Lamy fountain pen.

The first thought I liked was "Beauty is a vocation". Creators in glass inspire me to think about this. The glass object in this picture comes from the Holme Gaard collection Denmark.

The second thought I valued in Blessed John Paul II's letter, was an introduction to the Polish Poet Cyprian Norwid (1821-1883), and a quotation from the Poet's works: "Beauty is to enthuse us for work, and work is to raise us up".

This picture: a cattle bell in an English Cherry, offers my visual interpretation of the austere and resilient personality of Blessed John Paul II, especially so, toward the close of this great Cultural Life, and stimulus for the Arts.

Postscript

I have a wise friend to thank for coaching my selecting the X-100, and the Professionals in the Fuji X-100 in Action from whose narratives and pictures I enjoyed learning many fresh subtleties.

Grateful acknowledgement to the Santa Sede Documents' Resource

This reflective journal was first inserted in the Fuji Finepix Group Gallery

I used my Fuji X 100 for the photographs

Beauty is to enthuse us for work, and work is to raise us up. Cyprian Norwid (1821-1883).