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Evil, sexuality, and disease in Grünewald's body of Christ

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Eugene Monick

Spring Publications, -4712-01-01

Evil, sexuality, and disease in Grünewald's body of Christ Eugene Monick

Ryan Melogy over 2 years ago

As my last stage begins, it is time to share my fantasy. It is necessarily subjective, and it is clear to me now, as never before, that general truth is always found in the personal experience of one’s own truth, which is simultaneously psychological and religious...The gospel writers told their story of Jesus; Grünewald painted his story of the Crucifixion; and I write of my story with Grünewald. I make no claim for its validity as everyone’s truth, any more than did Grünewald or, I’d like to think, say, St. Luke. In Polanyi’s words, the question for each of us is whether or not there is “contact with a hidden reality.” It may be time for my story to be more than a solitary meditation.

This passage is from the introduction and I have edited a large chunk of text out of the middle...but I'm very interested in the idea "General truth" being found in the "personal experience of one's own truth." And I wonder if the Author is correct in thinking that St. Luke did not intend for his gospel to be everyone's truth...