November 8

We make meaning when we connect.

2010 – From more than seven years ago comes this paper mural I did with friends in Peru as we prayed together over a number of months. I’m smiling as just yesterday as I took out from storage a mug that was a gift from Maura, the dear woman in the red shawl (2nd from the left). I was looking for something special to hold my paintbrushes.

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“We may know immeasurably more about the universe than our ancestors did, and yet, it increasingly seems they knew something more essential about it than we do, something that escapes us. … Transcendence [is] the only real alternative to extinction.” —Václav Havel, “The Need for Transcendence in the Postmodern World”, from Barbara A. Holmes’ book, *Race and the Cosmos*, p. 105

“Seven Years of Wonder” is a daily look back at my creative journaling posts since 2014. I began this journey on Feb. 11, 2021, and hope to continue through Feb. 10, 2022. What am I learning about my art and faith journey thus far? What has remained constant? Where have I been changed? How is this impacting present and future art-making?

A deep bow of gratitude to you for keeping me company on this journey.