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I should probably mention this.
The
post I made above depicts a crucifix with a
long-haired Jesus.
Aside from the allusion to feminization, which I think
would have been a concern for the early Christians up
to our own generation, the popularization of longer hair
for men lately has lessened our sensitivity to this
question: How long was the hair of Jesus?
But beyond that, if that isn't enough, there are a couple
of things that come to mind right away.
In the auditorium called the Paul VI room at the Vatican,
there is a large sculpture in the back of the "stage" area,
which has some unclear shapes in it, but one of the more
discernible ones is the figure of Jesus (it doesn't really
look like Him!) in the center which seems to be flying
upwards, as if a projectile from an explosion, but then,
His hair is being blown to the left, much as the hair in
this Crucifix is. Therefore, these two sculptures have
the effect of looking similar, or of reminding me of both
of them.
Secondly, when I mentioned that the "winds of heresy"
buffet the Church, we can imagine that seeing the shape
of Our Lord's hair in these images, but that would be
showing the Church being blown by winds that come
from OUTSIDE the Church.
These days, we are seeing the Church buffeted by
winds that seem to be coming from INSIDE the Church.
And I don't know how to represent that in sculpture.
On the other hand, when you think about it, perhaps
that ghastly sculpture on the 'stage' of the Paul VI
auditorium is showing us just that: winds of heresy that
seem to be erupting from
INSIDE the Church.
I have never heard it explained that way, and I don't
think it's reasonable to deduce it from the sculpture
directly, but by INDUCTIVE logic, that is, BACKING IN
to the thing from principles outside of the sculpture itself,
maybe it's not so unreasonable.
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