Vincent Van Gough is one of my favorite artists because I see
so much of his original work coming from such a raw place. One of the coolest
paintings that I thought we talked about all year was his about the old shoes.
Something about that painting reminded of lot of Jesus’ raw love for us. First
of all, the shoes were worn out and old but they were USED. I found it profound
that whoever wore those shoes got such a good use out of them. I imagined that
the shoes had been all over the world seeing and exploring new grounds almost
every day. In the same way I feel like Jesus calls us to a life like that. In
fact, he tells us to pick up our cross and follow him. As I talked about it one
of my earlier blogs I believe we find the most freedom when we hand it all over
to Jesus and I think the shoes do a really new job of exploring that further.
Additionally, I
feel like the shoes make a statement to how famous of an art piece they are.
They are not new, shiny, catchy, or spectacular… they are just used shoes. I
feel like we, in the society today, often overlook beautiful things because we
see them as ordinary and then don’t take the time to admire them. I wonder what
this world would look like if we just took a brief moment and truly invested in
different things- ordinary things. I think Van Gough does a great job of
furthering the heart of exploration and how we can be called to fixing our eyes
on more ordinary things but seeing them as extraordinary.
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