"You revive my drooping head; my cup brims with blessing." Psalm 23:5b (The Message)
About this blog:
Years ago, my sister and I went to see the Darjeeling Limited in theater. Afterwards, we were talking about the movie and about our love for creating art. We shared a similar problem: we put our art last to the business of our lives and thus hardly ever made time to create anything. My sister suggested that we make a commitment to create a piece of art every week. She jokingly said "Can we agree to that?" in reference to the line Owen Wilson used repeatedly in the movie.
Although I tried at first to stick to our commitment, I've lapsed into not making time to create. I'm hoping this blog will help me rededicate time to that purpose.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
The Creation Groans 1/14/12
Finished.
"For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we are saved." Romans 8:20-24
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The Creation Groans (unfinished) 1/12/12
I was unsatisfied with the lack of time spent on my previous drawing, so I decided to start another one this week. However, I didn't have enough time to finish it. Sometimes I wish I could spend the whole day drawing.
"For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we are saved." Romans 8:20-24
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
1/11/12
"Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, 'We will not walk in it.'" Jeremiah 6:16
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
New Year's Resolution
With the beginning of a new year, I hope to continue the resolution I made when I started this blog: to make a piece of artwork about once a week. Lately, I've been spending some more time with photography and discovered that it'd been almost a month since my last drawing. Although I'm enjoying photography, I missed the basic form of creative expression in drawing and the attention it forces me to give to details. Drawing causes me to appreciate the beauty in creation and often I find myself moved by the end result. It is my way of processing scripture and my relationship with Christ. I hope that others enjoy the drawings too, but even if they don't, I know it's important that I keep creating.
"What do drawings mean to me? I really don't know. The activity absorbs me. I forget everything else in a way that I don't think happens with any other activity..." --John Berger, author of Ways of Seeing
"What do drawings mean to me? I really don't know. The activity absorbs me. I forget everything else in a way that I don't think happens with any other activity..." --John Berger, author of Ways of Seeing
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Comfort, Comfort
"Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for her sins." Isaiah 40:1-2
"'I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.'" John 15:5
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