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There is a painting entitled "Flight into Egypt" by the Oriental artist, Tyrus Wong. It consists of four panels representing early morning, noon, afternoon and evening of one day. The Holy Family is central in each panel. Yet, the figures appear small and defenseless as they face a hostile environment on their journey. Through texture and color, the artist makes the viewer feel the loneliness and hardship they faced.
The morning panel shows the family traveling through a damp mist. You cannot see the ground or horizon. There is a sense of disembodiment and vertigo. Noon and afternoon convey by color a lack of shade, the intense heat, and a pause by a tiny brook. The evening panel in deep blues and blacks reveals the family resting in the shadow of a single rock, scant protection from the cold that marks a desert night.
In spite of these foreboding aspects, this painting is triumphant, for it always shows the family together, helping each other, encouraging each other. Even though Jesus was called a Nazarene, that does not adequately describe him. His identity came from his family who protected, taught, supported and loved him regardless of the circumstance. Why else would he have called God, Father?
-- Lincoln
There is a painting entitled "Flight into Egypt" by the Oriental artist, Tyrus Wong. It consists of four panels representing early morning, noon, afternoon and evening of one day. The Holy Family is central in each panel. Yet, the figures appear small and defenseless as they face a hostile environment on their journey. Through texture and color, the artist makes the viewer feel the loneliness and hardship they faced.
The morning panel shows the family traveling through a damp mist. You cannot see the ground or horizon. There is a sense of disembodiment and vertigo. Noon and afternoon convey by color a lack of shade, the intense heat, and a pause by a tiny brook. The evening panel in deep blues and blacks reveals the family resting in the shadow of a single rock, scant protection from the cold that marks a desert night.
In spite of these foreboding aspects, this painting is triumphant, for it always shows the family together, helping each other, encouraging each other. Even though Jesus was called a Nazarene, that does not adequately describe him. His identity came from his family who protected, taught, supported and loved him regardless of the circumstance. Why else would he have called God, Father?
-- Lincoln
