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March 10, 2009He Remembers
Accusation, by Tyrus Clutter. Woodcut, 2003
Your hands shaped me and made me.
Will you now turn and destroy me?
Remember that you molded me like clay.
Will you now turn me to dust again?
Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese,
clothe me with skin and flesh
and knit me together with bones and sinews?
- Job 10: 8-11
He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.
- Psalm 103:9-14
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Tyrus Clutter captures a variety of complex themes within the simplicity of a rough Woodcut that is barely more than monochrome- if not for the given addition of the bluish hue (blue? as in a man of sorrows?).
In Accusation, the pair of feet in the upper left corner immediately reminds us of how Jesus set an example when he stooped to wash the feet of His disciples in John Chapter 13; while, within that same chapter, Jesus declares - or makes the 'accusation': "I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me."
In the other prominent image (the man who is kneeling while writing with his finger in the dirt) we have cause to remember the incident related in John chapter 8, concerning the woman who was caught in the act of adultery:
"Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground ..." when the woman's accusers continued to press the matter, Jesus said to them: "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." One by one they left, "convicted by their own conscience" until Jesus and the woman were alone. "Woman, where are your accusers?" He said to her, and finally: "... Neither do I condemn you: go, and sin no more."
In light of these nuances, I think that the reference above to Psalm 103:9-14 is quite appropriate.
Posted By: Anton Cleav | March 10, 2009 9:41 PM