St. Francis of Assisi

Painted wood and clay, 2011

This piece focuses on the healing nature of our wounds. There is aloe vera growing out of his stigmata. For more on St. Francis, Healing and wounds check my blog here and here.

Heart Beat
Only mouths are we. Who sings the distant heart
which safely exists in the center of all things?
His giant heartbeat is diverted in us
into little pulses. And his giant grief
is, like his giant jubilation, far too
great for us. And so we tear ourselves away
from him time after time, remaining only
mouths. But unexpectedly and secretly
the giant heartbeat enters our being,
so that we scream ----,
and are transformed in being and in countenance.
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
58"H x 18"W
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