THE LIFE OF YOUR MIND
"The French sculptor Auguste René Rodin, an innovative and sometimes controversial artist, created masterpieces such as The Man with the Broken Nose, St. John the Baptist, The Bronze Age, or the uncompleted Gates of Hell. But he is most likely known for his work entitled The Thinker. You’ve seen it. The unnamed man, seated, hunched over, leaning on his knees, hand on his chin. Contemplating thinking. Art historians believe that Rodin meant to create Adam who was at the moment thinking contemplating the choices of righteousness or sin.
We must contemplate as well. For we have a choice like Adam. To give our minds life or death. How will the life of your mind fare?
From a sermon by Joel Smith, "Twittering Ourselves to Death" 7/8/2009