Art Night 11 [Nov. 11, 2010] |
Art Night 12.1 [Nov. 25, 2010] text: "The place God calls you to is where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." -Frederick Buechner a time to acquire security and resources solve your problems by doing what you instinctively know is good for you --- Nov. 19, Magpie Girl emailed: This is your friendly reminder that tomorrow is the Full Moon. It’s time to set aside an hour to gather your (and your magazines) and make a collage for the next month. This month’s moon is the Full Beaver Moon and symbolizes a time to acquire security and resources and solve your problems by doing what you instinctively know is good for you. What are you dreams, intentions, wishes, or hopes for the next moon cycle? Capture them in color and image and use your Soulcraft to guide and inspire you.It was interesting Googling and seeing pictures of snowy trees, because the thing I have been thinking about most recently is responses to conflict, for which my instinctive imagery is fire-related. Of course, the other thing at the forefront of my life is my need for a staycation, so maybe it's not so off-base after all. And, of course, we're approaching Advent... (I am still thinking about Matthew 23:37-24:14 and Molly's recent posts "The Bridge" and "We Have Only Moments.") Nov. 20: In today's "Self Care for Activists," someone referenced Howard Thurman's "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive," which made me think of Buechner's "The place God calls you to is where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." Which made me think of Dreamboard -- "a time to acquire security and resources and solve your problems by doing what you instinctively know is good for you." In my Google image searching, none of the snowy tree scenes I was finding were speaking to me, so I decided to just paint snowy trees myself. The paint wasn't all that cooperative, and my drawing skills are minimal, so having committed to paper the basics of my idea, I moved on to a different project. |
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Art Night 12.2 [Nov. 25, 2010] text: there is a crack in everything that's how the light gets in --- |
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Art Night 12.3 [Nov. 25, 2010] text: there is a crack (in everything) - that's how the light gets in --- I decided to try a mandala -- a candle, with an opening in the outline. And yes, the [not consciously intentional] vulval imagery occurred to me as soon as I sketched the inner flame (which was the first thing I sketched after outlining the mandala). |
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Art Night 12.4 [Nov. 25, 2010] the text "there is a crack in" follows the jagged line and "that's how | the light gets in" frames two opposite corners of the piece feathers of flame... |
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Art Night 12.5 [Nov. 25, 2010] more jagged stuff... the idea of "there is a crack in everything," but also trying to express some of my negative emotions |
re/New - text: THAT YOU MAY HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY |
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re/New - text: COMMUNION OF SAINTS |
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re/New - I was thinking about Theophany water. The photo doesn't pick up very well that the middle vertical stripe is greenish -- I liked the idea of the water nourishing the ground, but I also wanted to retain the idea of flux... |
Art at Home 13.1 [Dec. 18, 2010] text: i carry your heart with me i carry it in my heart this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart --- IMing with Jules, I was recalling, as I often do, Easter weekend 2009. |
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Art at Home 13.2 [Dec. 18, 2010] Bracketeing text: this is the wonder keeping the stars apart
Around the heart: --- My second round of working with this poem/imagery in processing something that had happened near the end of the day on Friday... |