I. Plasmation: It is imagined in the canvas. Plasmation, the act of forming and molding, comes from the Latin word plasmatio [forming or creating]. In the sense that had been used in Iesu Amor, plasmation makes reference to the process of forming like recreating [to create again; Ap 21,5] through light, as seen in the Resurrection and in the image that is literally irradiated in the Shroud of Turin. Besides the Latin meaning, in Spanish the verb plasmar can also be used as a synonym of the verb painting [plasmar el lienzo]. In Iesu Amor the sense of plasmar ⎯the nearest English vocalization of this verb seems to be “plasmate”⎯ makes reference to the sight that is able to contemplate the truest forms and to conceive the truest meaning of words by embracing Jesus [Jn 14,6] and imagining them [visualizing them] through His light; to the heart that is able to see colors and visualize his truest image possible thanks to the light that His presence irradiates progressively in the whole personal formation. Shortly after I began to draw the “Love of Jesus”, or a “Jesus that reveals the Love of God” for my students, I went to the art store and asked for the biggest stretched canvas available. Its size was 5’ x 6’. Why the biggest? Because as our hearts are embraced by His Love they are enlarged to their fullest formation possible in correspondence to God’s vision, and so we learn to embrace others through irradiating His Love with the same openness and transparency with which He embrace us into His heart.
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:24:37 +0000
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