“Obedience is an unpopular word nowadays, but the artist must be obedient to the work, whether it be a symphony, a painting, or a story for a small child. I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius or something very small comes to the artists and says, ‘Here I am. Enflesh me. Give birth to me.’ And the artists either says, ‘My soul doth magnify the Lord,’ and willingly becomes the bearer of the work or refuses…” Madeleine L’Engle, Walking On Water p. 10
I have some time to join SHARE YOUR WORLD WEEK 42 this week. I have loved Cee’s 5 weekly questions pretty much since the beginning of my time here in the blogosphere.
If you are new to blogging why don’t you click the link above and traipse on over to Cee’s place. Her challenges are some fun.
Here are this week’s questions and my answers
If you wanted to de-clutter where you live, what room / space would you start with? (And why, if you’re feel like admitting to it.)
I have to do some of this this afternoon. I will start in the work room. I managed to de-clutter a few months ago and as always the workroom has become cluttered once again with all the junk I haven’t had time to put away over the last several weeks.
If you want to remember something important, how do you do it (sticky note on the fridge, string around your finger, etc.), and does it work?
I live by my daily planner. If it doesn’t get into the planner it doesn’t happen. As long as it makes the daily schedule though it usually gets done even if that does not happen in the exact hour it is placed in.
If you could create a one room retreat just for yourself, what would be the most important sense to emphasize: sight (bright natural light, dim light, etc.), hearing (silence, music, fountain, etc.), smell (candles, incense, etc), touch (wood, stone, soft fabrics, etc.), or taste (herbal tea, fresh fruit, etc.)?
I guess that would depend on what I am trying to retreat from. I guess I will consider this a retreat from busyness and the noise of the office. I will say the most important consideration is sound. Music must be soft or I must have silence and solitude in order to recoup. I try to do three mini retreats a day (about 10 minutes a piece). Silence and solitude are absolutely essential to these times. Here is the type of music I sometimes listen to.
If you could interview one of your great-great-great grandparents, who would it be (if you know their name) and what would you ask?
I would like to interview my great great and so forth grandfather Lorenzo Tandy who was a minister in my region during the late 1800’s. I would ask him about his call to ministry and about how he carried that call out in his time.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I am grateful that we had a very successful art show here at Cornerstone. This week I am looking forward to being a little quieter.
Today is C.cada’s annual art show. C.cada is an artist’s community dedicated to helping artists from every genre discover, develop and deploy their talents in the church and the community.
C.cada is an artist’s collaborative dedicated to helping artists from every genre discover, develop and deploy the their talents in the church and the community.
Preparations have begun. The show starts in an hour.
Pre show judging is in full swing.
The gallery.
The cafe.
Our artist’s ministry at Cornerstone Church (C.cada) met today for its monthly gathering.
Here are some photos from the day.
One of our new artists, Sandy, is practicing her leaves, flowers and color blending.
The prayer shawlers making their next batch of shawls for the comfort of the ill or grieving.
Ken working on a shadow box.
Lisa working on one of two new sketches.
Amanda working on a new crochet piece.
Norma practicing her balloon bending for Next Saturday’s Easter Egg hunt.
Ray and his grandson practicing at photoshop.
Charlotte writing her next piece.
Terrie considering her next poetry format.
C.cada is a Christian artist’s community that works in North Central MA. It is a place where artists of all ages can come to spend a day discovering, developing and getting ready to deploy their talents for God’s kingdom in the community.
Our next day apart is April 16th, 2016. If you would like to visit or join in the fun give Pastor J. a call at 978-297-3125.
Here is a taste of February’s artist gathering at Ccada.
The ladies of our prayer shawl ministry met to crochet towards 1700 prayer shawls.
The Haas girls working on their newest drawings.
The morning ended with a housewarming for one of our long-time artists. This table was built by our reclamation artist, Sandy Freeman.
Here is Ken’s devotional thought as we lead up to our next C.cada meeting this Saturday. It must be all and only God.
Hello Dear Readers. This week the Daily Post has asked us to show life imitating art. Our challenge is to find a piece of art and show a reflection of it in real life.
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I have a few photos for you this week:
This is my daughter Melanie imitating El Greco’s, The Repentant Magdalen.
This is me imitating Rocky’s run up the steps of the Philadelphia art museum. To be fair my imitation was harder to pull off.
I did better at imitating him before the run up the stairs.
Honestly, I don’t know how anyone tells us apart when I am not moving.
