The shame of it all, perhaps, is not that God seems absent, but that those with the power and authority to do justice and to act humbly seem intent on the opposite.
He does, however, humbly add for good measure that it was "extremely foolish" on his part.
What kept life manageable was art, and specifically the practice of art, a practice that Gorky turned into an art, a kind of yoga of learning, looking, focusing, doing, redoing, humbly, pridefully, hourly, daily.
Clips from all of his films are woven into this narrative, along with music videos ('Possibly the best thing I've done,' Jarman humbly remarks of his video for the Pet Shop Boys'ItIt's a Sin') and actuality from the swinging Sixties to the Thatcherite Eighties.
"As we raise this enormous amount of money, we do it humbly.
And for what assistance does Mr. Duncan humbly request?
The scene where Mary reveals to Jesus His origins is beautifully done and humbly stated.
And we have to do that humbly, for no one can know the full and encompassing mind of God.
In reality all I was doing was humbly channeling them and feeding back to them what they all already knew in their hearts but perhaps could not express.
If you feel the same kind of need, lament, and emptiness I do, I humbly invite you to fast and pray in your own ways, with disciplines appropriate for your own life and situation.
