 | Drawing The House of God suggests indicates an over-reliance on material security. The individual has placed far too much faith on social values and dogma, or in his routine and established patterns. By relying on false structures to define the self, the individual sets himself up to be torn down when these structures fail. The image is of a church tower being destroyed from above. If we analyze the structure of the tower depicted, we recognize that the tower was bound to fall. The base is square, the square of materiality, while its cap is circular. Like trying to put a round peg into a square hole, the two could not possible fit together. This suggests that the spiritual and material self cannot be reconciled merely because we wish it, but rather a smooth and structured union must be forged. From the tower, two figures fall. The clergyman represents the ideals of false material values, while the bishop represents self-delusional spiritual drives. The traditional meaning of this image indicates a catastrophe, excess, and the pursuit of false ideals. |
