"Love Leading the Pilgrim," Sir Edward Coley Burne Jones
Here is a man who through his art was conveying the same 'work' which we undertake today. That of aiming for the highest within us. To be present to the principle which heals and guides, which protects and serves, which gives and caresses. That which brings us back to ourselves, back to God. That principle is LOVE. It is by far the surest and safest route out of the dangers and darkness of life.
This picture is entitled 'Love Leading the Pilgrim'. We are all pilgrims when we enter this work, this school. We are searching for ourselves and we are searching for guidance. Here Sir Edward has painted the figure of Love, with Angel wings (yet the Angel chooses to walk like the man). Love is surrounded by hundreds of doves, symbolizing peace. His arrow is pointed up towards heaven and he is leading the cloaked pilgrim out of the brambles of life (which can wound and hurt) into clear space and higher ground.
This is what love can do and will do. If we learn how to serve the state.
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