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Germany’s Symphony of Trials in the Garden of Eternity,
acrylic on gesso board, 2024
A dense garden paradise surrounding a castle. No signs of
human life. But a large hovering figure with five fingers
looking down on the castle. Not sure it is a beneficent
figure. No castles of monological self-protection are
immune to the forces that try human beings and ultimately
serve God’s plan to test us and reveal the futility of our
self-protections in order to prepare us for eternal life,
depending on our responses. Lord, save me from the
castles I build so that I seek only the protection of your
Holy Cross!—Stephen Muse
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