The First Seer (On the Second Part of the Roman Triptych – Some Preliminary Observations)

Abstract

The problem of “seeing” in the writings of John Paul II has not yet been examined separately. This motif was discerned in the Triptych due to the distinctiveness of its presence. The contexts of, for example, the Pope’s Letter to Artists and the Areopagus sermon were useful. The problem of “seeing” (being, as presented in the Triptych, the first attribute of the Creator) is linked to the question of John Paul II’s understanding of art, as well as his theology of the body. It is at the very centre of the theological and philosophical (aesthetic) thoughts of this Pope and Thinker.