forever distraught over how Dante’s guides through hell and heaven, the ones tasked to show him perdition & salvation, are human souls of people he loves. they’re humans. not angels, not saints, not even demons – human beings Dante adored & saw as good, intelligent, admirable enough to place them as the leading figures through the hyper-complex tapestry of the afterlife.
this is a work of art always tied to religion, and specifically Dante’s shade of medieval catholicism, but the poem itself is deeply preoccupied with the state of people.
Dante hates the political landscape but he’s worried about Florence, and Italy, and the world, so much. and by the end of his journey, he gets to glimpse at the heart of the universe, and it’s literally love. a love that alone makes the entire beautiful cosmos go. you start with a hatred that looks so close to worry because you still love the places that hurt you (love a world that just can’t seem to do the right things for itself), and you turn your back on it because you’re angry and bone-deep tired and want to walk away from the suffering of the world and then – exercise compassion, find faith again, and see that the universe is moved by love. and people, sent by divinity, are the ones to guide you through that. how beautiful is that
Post made on 29 August 2019, Thursday at 04.08PM with 2,556 notes.
Originally by secifosseluce, reblogged via terpsikeraunos.
Tagged as: #dante #divine comedy
Originally by secifosseluce, reblogged via terpsikeraunos.
Tagged as: #dante #divine comedy
sheatemyfries liked this
gneissbutch reblogged this from secifosseluce
doctorqueensanatomy liked this misskamelie reblogged this from softest-ioporco
akgarose reblogged this from skyeventide
anadyomeni liked this
dorianwrites liked this nuingiliath reblogged this from skeleton-richard
moonowlyperson liked this
disciplineandpunnish reblogged this from 581d00
giulifruli00 liked this
notacolorfullesbian liked this
uselessstarwarstrash reblogged this from damaloblack
nijinskys reblogged this from roadtoeboyado
alisonblackwhite-art liked this
jamiekendal reblogged this from heraldofultimateness
jamiekendal liked this karmanotchameleon liked this
rachelhydrogen liked this
rachelhydrogen reblogged this from scaredysap margheritart reblogged this from damaloblack
as-rare-as-trees liked this
captain-maatkara reblogged this from softest-ioporco
captain-maatkara liked this
achilleancambion reblogged this from starryfansquid
roadtoeboyado reblogged this from cloudsaremadeofdreams i-am-pluto liked this
heraldofultimateness reblogged this from lanotteseneva la-monna-smile liked this
chochobaki reblogged this from damaloblack
chochobaki liked this mafaldinablabla liked this
nojaloart liked this
shadowen liked this imaybeshy liked this
murderofpies liked this shineoftherainbow reblogged this from svogliata-mente
rbwannabe reblogged this from scaredysap
rbwannabe liked this
demonecelestiale reblogged this from ilgattodorme
demonecelestiale liked this
svogliata-mente reblogged this from lanotteseneva
ilgattodorme reblogged this from lanotteseneva scaredysap reblogged this from umarellcodedbutch
scaredysap liked this
toooldfortumbling reblogged this from lanotteseneva
toooldfortumbling liked this
freenklin-labby reblogged this from umarellcodedbutch
cloudsaremadeofdreams reblogged this from killiandestroy
umarellcodedbutch reblogged this from lanotteseneva - Show more notes