a comfortable, encapsulating gray. a melodious sound strumming anxiety away. cessation. within me, this is rain. it allures me into its rest, its rejuvenation. while i sit in my softly illuminated room, surrounded by the rain, i think about rest. a few days ago, an artist and professor came to my modern art class. in…
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why i create (paint, mosaic, photograph, draw, write, etc): i love to be part of the creative process. it connects me with myself, with others, and especially with God- the ultimate creator and inventor of the creative process. i experience Life when i create. i want to capture humanity. i attempt in all that i…
this proverb resonates with my soul unlike any other. i’ve recently attained an appreciation for the wisdom that is found in the proverbs. but that isn’t why i’m writing. i’m writing because as much as i understand proverbs 13:12, i don’t understand it at all. when my hopes are deferred, i feel the sickness of…
i complain and criticize our society often. the need for speed, production, efficiency, immediate satisfaction, success. i hate it. yet, i am just as overwhelmed with its power as the rest of its proponents. and my energy is depleted. today’s date is april 17, 2009. at 9 am on may 15, 2009, i will be…
though i’m not sure it was supposed to, the season of lent felt like a season of death for me. i decided to hone my sacrificial skills, if they can be called that. i surrendered caffeine– my source of life, in search of a truer and closer relation to the ever-lasting Source of Life. physical…
if you dont have a bad anus support light, or blast on ur camera, just use sunlight… if its on normal cotton canvas – Austin Perry O’Neal the First
As the mother of a 2.5 year old those comments about children are so true. Nadia could play in the dirt in the yard or pebbles at a playground for hours and think it was the best day EVER.
To her it’s a joy to just be with her mom and dad “playing”. Today she messed with Mr. Potato head for like an hour. Mike called it Mr. Picaso Head at the end. She loved it and it’s an age old toy that brought her delight.
Good stuff.
Like with most things in life, balance and moderation are usually the best solution. We can have a life of contentment…trusting in a sovereign God who loves us, without “worrying” about what the future will or should hold.
Those who are always thinking about their next goal or plan to the exclusion of all else miss all that is around them and appreciate nothing that they have been given. But those who spend all their time “living in the now” typically do little of great value and go nowhere. They do little with what they have been given, spending it on themselves and fulfilling their own desires. Similar to the first group, they do not appreciate what they have been given, which is the direct result of many other people who had and pursued goals and worked very hard to accomplish them.
The faith of a child is wonderful, and the eyes through which a child sees the world are beautiful. But in this life there does come a time when we must put aside childish things and move on to those things that only an adult can accomplish, with God’s help, for His glory and for the benefit of others.
Pursuing Him for His sake and for the sake of helping others, with contentment, is the best way…at least in my experience.
Oh…and FYI, here’s a link about taking pictures of art: Photographing Art.
I love this post, it resonates with my spirit, as another way this past month that God has been telling me to be still, to practice stillness, solitude, and rest. Thank you.