Healing comes, somehow, in the stitches* holding our lives together.
*Stitches = Practices, Rituals
2015
Seven years have gone by since this commission for a dear friend and her sons. It saddened my heart to learn that AJ (second photo) and his dad witnessed the violence during the Waukesha Christmas Parade in November. Still holding that community in my heart…
2016
2017
2018
2019
A creative conversation requires inspired action.
“…have you ever noticed the huge leap the [Apostles’] creed makes between ‘born of the Virgin Mary’ and ‘suffered and Pontius Pilate’? A single comma connects the two statements, and falling into that yawning gap, as if it were a mere detail, is everything Jesus said and did between his birth and his death! … Does the gap in some way explain Christianity’s often dismal record of imitating Jesus’ life and teaching?” —Richard Rohr
Mind the gap, act, listen.
Repeat.
“With its emphasis on theory and theology, but no emphasis on praxis (i.e. practice), the creed set Christianity on a course we are still following today. … No ‘turn the other cheek’ Jesus, no hint of a simple Christ-like lifestyle is found here.” —Richard Rohr
Grateful for the stories that will be shared between these few notes. They make up the comma that is my life.
2020
Where you are. You must let it find you.”
—an excerpt from David Wagoner’s poem, “Lost”
2021
“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.
vonda drees art 