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I think there might be a Frasier or a Niles inside of my mind that’s desperately trying to break out. I’m ever increasingly finding myself not as assumed by funny little Youtube-clips and Video Game inspired mashups as I used to be; but yet will lose 15 – 20 minutes at a time staring into some piece of pre-century art.
Currently, I’ve been admiring the “The 7 Acts of Mercy” by Itialian painter Caravaggio, painted in 1607.
The seven acts of mercy depected here are:
1. Bury the dead; In the background two men carry a dead man (you can see his feet)
2 & 3. Visit the imprisoned & Feed the hungry; On the right a daughter visits her imprisoned father and gives him milk from her bosom.
4. Shelter the Homeless; A Pilgrim (you can tell by the shell in his hat 3rd from the left) seeks shelter from an innkeeper on the left.
5. Visit the sick; The beggar being given the robe is crippled and pulls himself along on the ground as St Martin greets him and clothes him.
6. Clothe the naked; St Martin 4th from the left has torn his robe in half and given it to the beggar.
7. Give drink to the thirsty; On the left Samson (second from the left) drinks water from the jawbone of an ass.
