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Art and Poetry of the Annunciation
March 27, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Facilitated by Matt Gesicki
Enter into a state of stillness and rumination by joining us for a contemplative hour of lectio divina and visio divina with art and poetry inspired by the Annunciation. Participants will be led through the contemplative practices of lectio divina, or “holy reading,” and visio divina, or “holy seeing,” a method of guided imagery in the spirit of icon viewing in the Orthodox tradition. Paintings will be selected from Botticelli and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and poetry will be drawn from the contemporary poet Mary Szybist’s Incarnadine—a collection of poems inspired by the Annunciation and Mary’s experience of being “overshadowed by the Most Holy.”
The Annunciation is the moment in history where the numinous encounters humanity. Classical art and contemporary poetry inspired by the scene of the Annunciation will provide material for an intimate contemplation of the Virgin Mary’s experience of being “overshadowed by the Most Holy.”
Matt Gesicki is currently a Volunteer Coordinator with Grace Hospice.
He earned a Master of Divinity in Psychology and Religion from Union Theological Seminary.
He lives in Lakewood, Ohio.
$10