Posted by Anonymous | | Posted On Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 12:52 AM
Abraham, worth a righteous one.
Take up on the wood,
put it on your son.
Lake or lamb.
There is none to harm.
When the angel came,
you had raised your arm.
Abraham, put off on your son.
Take instead the ram
until Jesus comes
~ Sufjan Stevens
I love this painting, showing Abraham's incredible faith in his God, because of the emotion and energy given to all of the characters. It is very typical for this kind of scene to be painted, in fact, there are at least a good dozen paintings depicting this moment specifically, but this is one of the only ones which I believe truly captures the emotion and tragedy behind this. It is hard to fathom being told to do this, being told to kill your beloved son for any reason whatsover. Furthermore, it is hard to fathom being KILLED by your father! But this painting accurately depicts the pain and suffering of father and son, and the energy coming from the angel, sent to the scene only seconds before it is far too late.
Rather captivating.
I was just reading about abraham and isaac, that was quite an interesting poem i relly liked it. anddddd Drew, i hardly ever talk to you. But i really appreciate you.like... for real. you do ALOT for ALOT of people. your patient, teach me. haha. i would like to know you a little more cause your interesing in the coolest of ways. so one day we will have to drive in your old car and roll down the sqeaky window together like old times. Thanks for always being so accepting towards everyone.