Beginning. Middle. End.

Per lor maledizion sì non si perde,
Che non possa tornar l’ eterno amore,
Mentre che la speranza ha fior del verde.
- Purgatorio, III

“Nature is shot through with grace, such that it is impossible to separate one from the other. Grace is not some alien force that occasionally intrudes into a closed system (“nature”). As G. M. Hopkins declared, “The world is charged with the grandeur of God.” It is grace all the way down.” - Stewart Clem

Click the title to read a great review of Malick’s “The Tree of Life” by Stewart Clem. The movie won’t come to Amarillo until it comes out on DVD, so I haven’t seen it. However, Clem discusses a theme I haven’t seen in other reviews. Plus, I love a review that includes footnotes.

Posted at 2:28pm and tagged with: Stewart Clem, Terrence Malick, Transpositions, Tree of Life, grace, grandeur of God, nature, review, Jesus Christ,.

  1. sethwieck posted this

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