Following Our Heart: ‘The Inspiration of Saint Matthew’

Following Our Heart: ‘The Inspiration of Saint Matthew’
A detail from “The Inspiration of Saint Matthew,” 1602, by Caravaggio. Oil on Canvas; 9 feet 8.5 inches by 6 feet 2.5 inches. Contarelli Chapel, Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. Public Domain
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I believe we all, at one point or another, struggle with authenticity in our lives. Some of us follow our hearts and hope for the best.
But what might it mean to follow one’s heart? Is it merely to follow the ephemerality of our desires and to be compelled by the intensity of our emotions? Or is it to connect with something deeper, something spiritual, something eternal?
Eric Bess
Eric Bess
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Eric Bess, Ph.D., is a fine artist, a writer on art-related topics, and an assistant professor at Fei Tian College in Middletown, New York.
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