It seems that God himself feels amazement, marvel at the beauty of creatures, especially when he contemplates the human being. I would like to tell you: let’s start from here, from art as amazement, first of all for those who make it, for the artist.ĭirector Liliana Cavani’s greeting to Pope Francis The world needs wonderful signs and works The Pope then cited a film by Russian director Andrej Tarkovskij, who lived in the last century. The bishop of Rome defines this film as a “masterpiece”: L’ Andrei Rublev, produced in 1966, reinterprets the history of Russia in the 15th century through the deeds of the Russian painter Andrej Rublev. I think of that masterpiece which is theAndrei Rublev by Tarkovski: the artist remains silent due to the trauma of war. It makes one think of what is happening in the world today too. Rublev no longer paints, he no longer even speaks. He wanders around lost in search of meaning, until he witnesses the casting of a bell. And at the first toll of that big bell, his heart reopens, his tongue loosens, he starts talking again and will start painting again. And the screen fills with the colors of his icons. Francis underlines how that sound generates amazement in Rublëv: The artist, revered as a saint by the Orthodox Church, is considered by many to be the greatest icon painter. As Jesus had said in the Gospel: “Ephphatha” The amazement of God The sound of the bell, which comes out of the earth and bronze, as if by a miracle, fills the artist’s soul with amazement and in a certain sense he hears in it the voice of God, who whispers to him: “Open up”. God, “creator and spectator”, will also experience amazement: The Pontiff dwells on the first page of the Bible, the story of creation that seems to flow like a film. It is a story of involvement, of beauty and of passion: of love.
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