July 31st, 2008
Jesus of the day: "The Last Jesus"
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This is it. The last day of living with Jesus. I planned to have more guests but despite people's interest, I spent the evening alone. Which was OK.
I decided not to do anything fancy and planned for a quiet night. I read a few more pages of the Bible and must say: I didn't manage to read the whole new Testament. I just couldn't muddle through. It felt like reading a book in a foreign language. Or maybe more like a book, written in a foreign language and then translated by google. Also the layout is not really reader friendly. All those numbers every two lines ... maybe I just had the wrong copy ...
Then I watched another "Jesus-Movie". Again I have to say I didn't manage to watch all the movies I bought. Again the reason is: I couldn't muddle through. There is too much in that story that just makes my brain go limp and I can't stand that.
So I decided to watch Martin Scorcese's "The Last Temptation of Christ". And although it is an awesome movie, with Jesus as the doubting sinner, with David Bowie as Pontius Pilate and music by Peter Gabriel who almost manages to not sound eighties, it was very hard to resist the urge to press the "fast forward" button.
Not that I wanted the project to be over, urgently. I was looking forward to the end of this because I realized that the whole put a lot of pressure on me. That's now gone.
Shortly before midnight, I started taking down the Jesus images. And it was tough. Very, very tough. I almost cried. The walls are so bare now. It does feel like someone has taken something out of my life. A least a little.
The overall feeling however is one of freshness, of a new start.
To sum the project up in 140 letters (which is the thing to do these days):
50 days isn't 50 x 24h. It's both less and more. Jesus is chary. Religion is pushy. I enjoyed having guests again. I learned. No regrets.
Find out more about this Jesus, click here.
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