Mystic and idiocy : from Giotto to Rossellini

"From the idiot Christian talking to the birds, to the woodcock meaning the fool... the tale of mystic idiocy is written by pecking beaks on the water since the Agape is a river which carries meander the spirit of gift..." says Valérie Deshoulières.
Do you want to discover the iconographic transposition of Franciscan mystic in the works of  Giotto, the written works of G.K. Chesterton

or more recently in the Italian cinema with Roberto Rossellini (qualified as "timeless Francis of Assisi") or with Pier Paolo Pasolini "Contemporaneous Francis of Assisi").

Answer by Valérie Deshoulières in the 29-minutes lecture filmed at the university of Mirail (Toulouse) during the debate "« Mystique, littérature et arts de la représentation du XIXème siècle à nos jours » organized by Lydie Parisse which we thank.