The Bath, Javea by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
i was at the Met today, and was completely enamored by this one piece
my first thought was…what a pedophile
BUT, i was still so captured by it.
then, i began thinking more deeply why this painting was hitting me (i literally had to go back to it three or four times). i realized, that it completely reflects God’s love. the girl in the middle is naked…she is in the light. the two other children are in the darker waters, and fully clothed. though the water is intermingling, the light (what i interpreted to be God), allows us to see the central figure completely bare, vulnerable. it’s significant that she is not only bare, but she is entering the water (what i saw as the world), surrounded by this source of light. i wish i could be more eloquent in explaining why this piece means so much to me right now, but all i know is that God wants to make me bare and vulnerable before the world so that i may enter it with confidence- knowing that His love surrounds me.
there’s just so much to blog about right now…but i think i’ll just leave it there for now. my mind is blown by this past week and a half. i can’t even form proper sentences right now cuz i’m so tired… but even now, God is good.
