by: Bersano, Jazmen Rascyl
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I was going through various artworks by many talented and well known artists, and completely got captivated, or shall i call it "starstruck" by the way he, Michelangelo Buonarroti expressed himself through his master pieces. Truly a man gifted with an abundant amount of talent such as he is the type of person to look up to. A great artist, architect, poet and sculptor. Clearly anything related to art and literature was his passion, and through these talents he showcased his love, devotion and his creativity by portraying the likes of Gods and Goddesses, along with the creation of man, and even the likes of Heaven; from painting large scaled paintings to creating pristine statues (David and Piata was one of them) to painting the heavenly ceiling paintings of Rome's Sistine Chapel (one of his well known art work). It is for sure a great honour for a man such as he to have been well recognised as the: "Father and Master of All the Arts", and through this I can say that he indeed deserves such achievement after all the hard work he put into his career as an Artist, Architect, Poet and Sculptor.
As one of my favourite sculptures of Michelangelo, the "Piata" got me laid back and had me mesmerised by its utterly beauty. The way Mother Mary looked dreadfully hurt to see her son, Jesus Christ suffer such tremendous tortures from the people he came to save and renew, I can't help but just find myself in the verge of tears. I would most definitely not know the struggle and the pain Mother Mary has experienced as of that moment, for I have not even experienced having a child of my own... but this I can say that with just merely looking at this master piece, it doesn't seem as though she was angered by the crowed for having her son go through such criticism's but instead remained silent and just cried for the loss of her beloved son. In my opinion, if I were to go through the same circumstance as she had gone through, the moment she had lost her son, I would definitely have grown hatred towards them, and no single mercy shall I even show upon them, I might even condemn them for the preposterous whim and decision they had for him. This I know is a sin, to have hatred captivate you, but for me, I would not be surprised if I would have to deal with that kind of situation in a violent way, for I know how hard it is to lose a loved one, but what more for a mother who conceived her child in her womb for 9 months; what more for a mother that could not even go through a day without knowing that her son/daughter is okay; what more for a mother that cries everyday just praying for her child to be in the right and not in the wrong. I find it heartbreaking to see my mother cry for me, and i definitely feel shattered to see Mother Mary carrying her son and just grieving for her loss. But what also caught my attention was the fact that she looked as though she grieved for her son with great pried and joy, not with shame, but with pried and joy.
It's finally the Christmas season, the season where The Lord, Our Saviour, Jesus Christ was born unto this world to show us the path to light, to renew us from our dreadful sins and to convert us back to him, Our Father, Our God. This captivated me, for I found the means of Christmas all over again, though it was a different scenario the sculpture presented, it reminded me the ultimate joy Mother Mary along with St. Joseph (the father figure of Our Lord Jesus) felt when the Messiah, Jesus Christ was born unto this world. Nothing can compare to the way they both loved him instantly and to how they felt when he was born. And because of this, Christmas always reminds me that I am not just born unto this world for nothing, I was born and raised in this world for a reason, and one of them is to be a gift to my parents, to give them that ultimate joy that both Mother Mary and St. Joseph felt when baby Jesus was born.
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- Bibliography.com Editors (N/A). The Bibliography.com Website: Michelangelo Bibliography. Retrieved from: http://www.biography.com/people/michelangelo 9407628#related-video-gallery
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