Frescos at the Sistine? What Frescos? After spending about 1
hour at the Sistine just staring up at Michelangelo’s masterpiece I also
started to watch the people in the chapel. You could see that some got it and
some did not, there was seemed to be 2 looks a look of wonder or a look of
“What the heck is that?”
The strangest thing I saw the dazed and confused look on the
faces of many very tired folks after finally making it to the Sistine. They had
been on their feet moving forward for over 2 hours through the endless and
complicated Vatican museum many people did not even seem to know where they
were. I saw one 50ish Korean man walk passed me with a tired face and walk. He
never once raised his head to look at the miraculous fresco above him. He walked right past God creating the Earth,
god giving life to Adam, and then creating Eve. He never noticed Adam and Eve’s
expulsion from paradise or the panels detailing Noah’s life. This man just
walked straight through and out, never noticing the glory directly above his
slouched forehead.
