| It's a refreshing way to examine the diverse sources that inform the artist's works, such as the thinking of the Greek saint Dionysius the Areopagite (as addressed in The Hierarchy of Angels, 1985-97), the theories of English mystic Robert Fludd (The Secret Life of Plants, 2001), and the poetry of Paul Celan (Ash Flower, 1983-87). 34) But some of them joined him and became believers, including Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. Tracy illustrated his points by writing the more important names on the blackboard: Luther in the center, Simone Weil, Sophocles, Calvin, Dionysius the Areopagite, and others, surrounding each with arrows pointing to and from Luther, each other, and the edge of the blackboard. |
