a beautiful work
Gazing at the image before me, I was struck by its expressive detail and emotion-eliciting details. I was beholding th e lovely work of a rendition of Simeon holding the baby Jesus, with Anna looking on in amazement. The look on Simon's face! It's absolutely precious. The artist, Jan van't Hoff , was born in 1959. That is right, 1959. This is a mere 10 years before me. In fact, I have every reason to believe he is still alive. This is modern art! Somehow, I am not sure what shelf the Chicago Institute of Art would place this painting, but it certainly looks like it would be amongst the greats. And then it struck me. Beautiful work is still being created. In this day of phones, internet, shallow lives filled with disposable relationships and unstable futures, someone somewhere is creating beautiful work. This weekend I was also exposed to a different type of beautiful work. It was the work of silence and meditation. It is beautiful in what it does