If we can not be taken to the end of ourselves, stretched beyond our capacity to imagine a salvation, and have our longing forged against the hard anvil of apparent impossibility, then we are still wanting something that is a continuation of our selves, and not the Other who is coming in. (religion-online.org)
But at the same time it makes apparent the impossibility that constitutes the painting». (ricougallery.com)
It is doubtful that revelation in its essentially surprising and unpredictable newness could be experienced decisively except in such situations of apparent impossibility. (religion-online.org)