While Hurricane Sandy is howling outside, I will continue my three-part series on art. I don’t feel too eloquent tonight, so hopefully this post won’t be too cut-and-dry. 🙂 When you think about it, most forms of art are a type of communication. Music, painting, sculpture, photography – all seek to tell a story or […]
Thoughts
The Creative Urge
I close my eyes and try to pray, but the images of dresses dancing before my mind’s eye refuse to be subdued. Trying to focus, I close my eyes again, but the skirt of a ball gown swirls in my vision, as clearly as if I were watching it on a Technicolor film. The fleeting […]
The Dress Calendar
Dress by dress, the colorful summer fabrics disappeared into the bin, piling on top of each other as I took them down from their hangers and laid them to rest for the winter. “I was going to wear that one again,” I thought, remembering how swiftly the hot and humid days had changed to chilly […]
The Seasons of Life
We had our first snowfall of the year here in New Hampshire today! There wasn’t enough of it to take a picture of, but there were a few flakes floating down from the sky. 🙂 It’s funny though – it’s almost halfway through October and we haven’t had a good frost in our area yet […]
God Will Take Care of You
I woke up this morning with one of my favorite hymns, God Will Take Care of You, running through my mind. The second verse especially goes along with something that I realized last night, as I pondered and worried over the state of more and more arrogant, open rebellion against God that the world is in […]
Pretty and Practical
This morning I was looking at a journal in which I’d written some devotional thoughts and I found one that looked appropriate for this time of year. It was fun to look back and see what my style was like back then. I took out a couple of the more dramatic sentences that wouldn’t have […]