Thursday, 21 September 2006
Images in my mind
This is a detail of the painting of the legend of St Eustace at Canterbury Cathedral. It depicts Eustace praying in the middle of the river after his sons are carried off by animals. This is an image that is part of an ongoing revelation that I am trying to come to terms with. Another part of this is Punch and Judy:
Anyone familiar with Ridley Walker by Russell Hoban will understand how these images are related, but it was the combination of a Punch image and the discussions about Canterbury at Synod that eventually brought the Eustace scene to mind. My initial interpretation of the meaning is not very positive, but it is something I will continue to pray about and discuss with my faith community.
I'm not used to getting this sort of message and it might be that I am way off, but I'm inclined to not accept coinsidence as an explanation for things so much these days. I'm told that God is speaking to us and if we don't hear it's becuase we don't listen.
