Opera

"Opera" literally means "work" as in "work of art." I say this because among many things I have experienced today was the most beautiful and haunting sculpture I've ever seen in my life. Tortured and beautiful, pained and joyous, ladies and gentleman, Donatello's Mary Magdalene:



It struck me to my core. It is supposed to depict her at the end of her life, after years of fasting prayer and service. It was such a profound thing to see, and he used wood which is rarely used for sculptures.

I feel like I'm finally starting to click in ever since dinner two nights ago where about 4-5 of us guys sat at one end of a table at a nice restaurant and shared about out lives. Not necessarily all of the deep and profound but stuff that means something to us. I'm loving Firenze.

-matt