Artists always depict Christ according to the gospel stories; I would paint him differently: I would show him alone—his disciples did leave him alone sometimes, after all. I would leave him alone with just one little child. The child would be playing near him, perhaps telling him something in his childish prattle. Christ would be listening to him, but presently fall to thinking; his hand would rest unconsciously on the child’s little fair head. He looks towards the distant horizon; a thought as great as the whole world dwells in his look; his face is sad. The child has fallen silent and leans
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