Lenten Poetry Series Starts This Sunday 3/29
Stand In Wonder, a 6-part narrative poem series for Lent.
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Each poem is told from a different person's perspective.
Each poem is accompanied by a beautiful artistic masterpiece that depicts that day along with a short description of the painting.
Each poem also includes an afterword with some additional context for those interested.
Because they are narrative/storytelling poems, they do run a bit longer than we expect today.
I have never undertaken such an expansive project before on any subject let alone one as complex as this. It is my sincere hope and prayer that I have done the subject justice. Any mistakes are my own, of course.
I pray this blesses somebody, somewhere, somehow. Thanks for your kindness and support.
Kim Skimmons, xo
I'm doing something different, a little experimental and a lot risky-feeling (to me).
I have created a 6-part series of narrative poems that tell the story of Christ's passion from Palm Sunday through Resurrection Day/Easter Sunday.
I will release each part on its respective day:
Palm Sunday - March 29
Holy Thursday - April 3
Good Friday - April 4
Holy Saturday - April 5
Resurrection Day - April 6
Epilogue on Monday, April 7.
Stand In Wonder
The short video announcement above is cropped. This is the full painting by the Italian painter Tintoretto called "The Crucifixion." Painted in 1565, it is an astounding, epic piece with so much detail and all the various factions represented that you almost feel like you are right there. You can almost smell the dirt and the sweat. You can almost hear the noise. It is among the greatest depictions of the crucifixion of Christ ever completed, in my opinion.
Measuring roughly 5 by 12 meters, this intensely crowded, emotional painting highlights the moment of Christ's death, using dynamic composition, light, and vivid figures to create a panoramic view of Golgotha, often cited as the artist's finest work.
Unlike traditional, minimalist depictions of the scene, Tintoretto presents a busy, chaotic panorama featuring hundreds of figures, including soldiers, horsemen, and onlookers, engaging in various actions like gambling for clothes or preparing to raise the crosses of the two thieves.
About the Art & Music
"The Crucifixion" by Tintoretto, 1565
"Lacrimosa" ("weeping") Requiem in D Minor by Mozart, 1791
The music in the video is a clip from Mozart's "Lacrimosa" from the Requiem in D minor. Composed at the end of his life, it was unfinished and his studentFranz Xaver Süssmayr, completed it. This will likely play in the credits at the end of the world.
"Lacrimosa" (meaning "weeping") is one of the most famous movements from Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, a 1791 mass for the dead. The lyrics are part of the "Dies irae" sequence, focused on judgement day, with the final lines "Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem!" ("Merciful Lord Jesus, grant them rest!").
