 Wassily Kandinsky, Composition IV. 1911 “…those who have never entered on scientific pursuits are blind to most of the poetry by which they are surrounded.” * “One other thing she (the mother) will do, but very rarely, and with tender filial reverence (most likely she will say her prayers, and speak out her prayer, for to touch on this ground with hard words is to wound the soul of the child): she will point to some lovely flower or gracious tree, not only as a beautiful work, but a beautiful thought of God, in which we may believe He finds continual pleasure, and which He is pleased to see his human children delight in. Such a seed of sympathy with the Divine thought sown in the heart of the child is worth many of the sermons the man may listen to hereafter, much of the 'divinity' he may read." * “A great promise has been given to the world––that its teachers shall not any more be removed. There are always those present with us whom God whispers in the ear, through whom He sends a direct message to the rest. Among these messengers are the great painters who interpret to us some of the meanings of life. To read their messages aright is a thing due from us. But this, like other good gifts, does not come by nature. It is the reward of humble, patient study. It is not in a day or a year that Fra Angelico will tell us of the beauty of holiness, that Giotto will confide his interpretation of the meaning of life, that Millet will tell us of the simplicity and dignity that belong to labour on the soil, that Rembrandt will show us the sweetness of humanity in many a commonplace countenance. The artist–– "Reaching, that heaven might so replenish him, Above and through his art,"–– has indispensable lessons to give us, whether he convey them through the brush of the painter, the parables of the architect, or through such another cathedral built of sound as 'Abt Vogler' produced: the outward and visible sign is of less moment than the inward and spiritual grace.” * “Till I (Christ) by parable shall ope the world, Disclose significance of common things, Till, when by symbols few interpreted, Men learn to read those books before their eyes, Writ page by page, the mysteries of the Kingdom!” Examen: Where may divinity be read? Have I put myself “in the way of seeing” today? What is my best defense against wounding the soul of a child? ~~~~~~~ ...those who have never: Charlotte M. Mason, Home Education, 1:255–56. One other thing: 1:80. A great promise: Ourselves, Charlotte M. Mason, 4:72 Bk.II. Till I by parable: Mason, The Saviour of the World - Vol. 3, 59. Day 72 Divinity he may Read meditation/100 Days copyright Laurie Bestvater 2025
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