avoid worldly pleasures However he enjoys things that are not allowed in the monastery such as food drink music and the company of women He finds it hard to suppress his natural desires It leads to tension between his personal passions and religious expectations Lippo says This world's no blot for us Nor blank it means intensely and means good In simple words he is saying the world is not a mistake it is beautiful and full of meaning Lippo believes that enjoying life is natural and holy The Conflict about Art The main conflict in the poem is about art Lippo is a talented painter but the Church wants him to use his talent in a specific way They want him to paint souls not real human bodies They tell him Paint the soul never mind the legs and arms But Lippo believes art should show life as it is He paints people with wrinkles smiles and flaws because that is how God made them When he paints a religious scene he uses real faces like the Prior s mistress as Salome a Biblical figure to make the stories relatable The Church calls this disrespectful but Lippo thinks it is more honest Lippo says art should make people notice the beauty in everyday things they ignore We re made so that we love First when we see things painted things we have passed Perhaps a hundred times nor cared to see Lippo believes that painting real people and real life is important He argues that God created the human body and the physical world so there is nothing wrong with showing them in paintings Lippo believes that realistic art can inspire people and bring them closer to God Lippo s Struggle with Religious Rules Apart from his artistic struggle Lippo also struggles with the strict moral rules of the Church As a monk he is expected to be pure and avoid worldly temptations However he enjoys life s pleasures He sneaks out at night to enjoy freedom This is how he gets caught by the guards in the poem His actions show that he cannot fully accept the rigid discipline of monastic life Hypocrisy of the Church Even the Church leaders who criticize him are not perfect For instance the Prior the head monk has a mistress but he still scolds Lippo for painting real people instead of holy images This shows the hypocrisy within the religious system those in power do not always follow their own rules To wrap up In Fra Lippo Lippi Browning presents a world where religion and passion are constantly at odds Lippo wants to be true to himself and his art but the Church pressures him to follow its strict ideals Browning uses Lippo s story to say that religion should not be about strict rules but about finding meaning in the world God made