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April 23, 2013
Removing the Thorn by =N8grafica
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Removing the Thorn

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Oil on Canvas: 48 x 60.

Removing the Thorn came to me in a dream in 2008 when I began to journal about the path of life. In the dream, a white haired man came to my door. Wanting to buy my house on the spot, he handed me a handful of cash. As I invited him inside I explained to him that I was only renting. I offered to show him a map of the area but he didn’t seem too interested. I looked for one anyway while he sat at my dining room table. When I returned with the map, this painting is what I saw sitting in front of him as though he had just painted it. I was drawn in by the unconventional Jesus whose Lordship is not the clipping of claws as we might fear, but rather the digging out of our deepest hindrances so that the lion within us can be liberated. The symbolism of the peacock that emerges from the lion’s chest represents the beauty that comes after we surrender our brokenness to the healer rather than trying to conceal our limp.
Image size
1797x2307px 2.08 MB
Make
OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Model
E-1
Shutter Speed
1/160 second
Aperture
F/4.0
Focal Length
28 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
May 30, 2013, 1:23:45 PM
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