One more point, according to the epistle of James, the prayer of the righteous are effective,
therefore as the monks heal their souls, their prayers for the world will also become more effective (less about them, more about the salvation of the world).
Whether in the East or West, whether made by anonymous
monks, such
as the 7th century Book of Durrow (evidently Bernard Berenson consigned the illuminations to tattoo - craft or simply savage, and even the great John Ruskin has written that «only great art could exist in Western civilization»), or by a so - called self - taught artist such
as James Castle, or through certified commissioned works
as in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel and Rothko's de Menil chapel, all were aware of their mortalities and were
therefore in touch with their potentials, in spite of reward or consequence.