Good Friday

Dali's "Christ of St. John of the Cross"is one of the most phenomenal depictions surrounding Good Friday that I've seen.  The figure of Christ dominating the other-wordly upper portion of the portrait presents this as the 'cosmic event' that it truly was; yet the tranquil and serene image of the fisherman and the sea beneath connotes the 'here and now' dimension as the figure by the boat soaks up to his ankles in the sea.

The question is whether the figure below is one about to become a 'fisher of men' following in the footsteps of the Lord or is he simply unaware and going about his daily business separated entirely and failing to allow this event to transform him by means of the cosmic drama that transpires above. 

Good Friday is a day to ask myself:  which of these two men am I?

[For effect scroll up or down to observe only the top or bottom half of the work.  They could be seen as two entirely separate pieces.  I guess that is the central question to living the life of faith:  in my own life is there a connection?]





Another of my favorite works of his is the depiction of the Last Supper which may be seen at:
http://thingsthatarerectangles.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/dali-last-supper.jpg
Although Dali was obviously an eccentric his upbringing in the shadows of Spanish Catholicism (ala John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Ignatius of Loyola) seems to have given him the unique ability through his surrealism to capture the mystical element while at the same time making a connection to the temporal. 

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