EVALUATING TALENTS
In order to find one’s uniqueness, we need to clean away the sin which obscures God’s original intent like smoke in the eyes or, in the following case, grime on a painting. Most people have some acquaintance with the Vatican in Rome. They often are familiar, as well, with the great artist Michelangelo who graced the magnificent Sistine Chapel with some fresco paintings, among them being the celebrated “Last Judgment.” Michelangelo’s artistry has been considered so impressive that the Vatican has made a practice of muting down the colors of other restored works of art in the Chapel for as not to upstage Michelangelo’s masterpiece. Masterpiece though it may be, experts have tended to underrate Michelangelo as an artist in one respect. He has a boring taste for color. However, the experts are now eating crow. “Michelangelo was never considered much of a colorist, and now we discover a painter whose colors are of a beauty, subtlety and skill that are entirely…
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