Chiarascuro

Without the silhouette of the building against the vestiges of the light in the sky this image would be lesser; the contrast of the light and shadow, the presence of the two is what draws the eye into the centre of the image. The background is three photos superimposed on each other - our eyes struggle to bring the image into focus but if we cease struggling what happens then?


Meditation is letting go of the struggle, opening our fist to become an open hand, letting a thought float away without needing to hold on, engaging with the breath


Exploring Christian ethics is to tussle with the theories, engage with the questions without any need to come to a conclusion, simply to accept that there are more questions than answers and that to fix one's belief is to close down rather than open up the spirit

If i study in order to gain good marks i am diminished.  If i study in order to engage with the theological chiarascuro (accepting the need for the presence of both the "good" and the "evil", the light and the shadow, the agony and the ecstacy, the anxiety and the bliss) then i can authentically walk the path, can live the questions now (to paraphrase Rainier Maria Rilke), can be enthusiastic in conversation, curious in learning, without needing to own "the way".