The lesson.THE TREE EXUBERATES IN BLOSSOM having the blossoms open; in bloom. See also: Blossom , the cabbages are thick on the ground. Van Gogh's young parents concentrate on the work of love: teaching their child to walk. Love is essentially active, intent upon the needs of the other, and the rough intensity of Van Gogh's clumsy forms expresses the dedication of the parents. Spade and wheelbarrow stand idle and forgotten; both parents are conscious of nothing but the needs of their child. The fruitfulness of the setting is highly appropriate: The child is the fruit of love, and the parents' work is bringing the child to maturity. Not only the child: We become aware that the slender and youthful pair are themselves maturing as they unite in this activity. The child seems to like its lesson, but that is not the point. Love must be able to say no as well as yes and even to seem unloving if, in the end, that is for the other's betterment. SISTER WENDY BECKETT Sister Wendy Beckett (born February 25 1930) is a South African-born British art expert, consecrated virgin and contemplative hermit who became an unlikely celebrity during the 1990s, presenting a series of acclaimed art history documentaries for the BBC. of Norfolk, England, well-known for her BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. and PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, television art series and her popular art books. Reprinted with permission from: Sister Wendy's Book of Meditations (DK Publishing, 1998; 888-342-5357). Painting: The First Steps (after Millet), 1890, Vincent Van Gogh, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . |
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