ABSTRACT
The esthetics of movies has been studied more than the esthetics of the Spiritual Exercises. The composition of places is part of a process that involves the whole of the human mind on its way to shape the conscience consciously. Ignatius is interested in the actions of the soul and their union and synergy. That makes it possible to bestow on will and intellect the control of sensual and emotional experience. The literary references offered by the Jesuit commentators on Aristotle’s understanding of the senses are helpful because they lead us back to the potential sources Ignatius might have known. Ignatius is reported to have collected himself images that would enhance his personal meditations. In commissioning the commented illustrations to the Bible, he initiated the decisive transition from the imaginarily construed locus to the artfully designed visual help for the composition of the object of meditation and its emplotment.
