I first saw an image of this painting at a small bookstore that smelled of glorious old books in Tillamook, Oregon.
It was in a pile of prints ripped from old books, and each print was sold for $1. I had no clue who the artist was, but I was drawn to the image and could not take my eyes off of it. After some research, I learned it was a piece called Christ Mocked by Soldiers, by Georges Rouault. I have since been to a few museums and have stood in front of Rouault's work, always in awe of his ability to express complex things through a simple medium.
I am in an aesthetics philosophy class with Dr. Gordon Graham this semester, and to be honest, I don't quite speak the aesthetic language. What I can say is that I experience this painting as beautiful, as powerful, and as a reminder of the Jesus I know. This print is framed and resides upon the wall above the head of my bed. I see it every day, and I am struck by something new each time.
So it is with Jesus: I see and experience him each day, and am struck by something beautiful and new in each encounter. What work of art moves you?
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