In this particular case it was not Bernini's ability to transform stone into flesh, to capture ecstasy in physical form, or the positioning of St. Teresa at the edge of entire vulnerability. But all of these. Was she a bit off her rocker? Perhaps. Or was it her ability to completely let go. To sit at that edge of vulnerability willing to accept the unknown, trust in the only speculated. When we use pain to humanize us, she used it to wisp her closer to God. Providing motivation carrying out the memory to live her life to the fullest. Maybe all it takes is the ability to feel past the pain, so that we are not victim of acceptance, so we are never ' just fine'. All I need is a sign. So that I too will wish the pain to last forever in its infinite sweetness.
Bernini's Ecstacy of St. Teresa of Avila
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"The pain was so great that I screamed aloud, but at the same time I felt such infinite sweetness that I wished the pain to last forever. It was not a physical but a psychic pain, although it affected the body as well to some degree. It was the sweetest caressing of the soul by God."
...and when I say sign, I mean something that will literally whomp me upside the head and spell something out in big bold letters!
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