“What is art but the practiced discipline of evoking but not pinning down?” -James K. A. Smith, How to Inhabit Time, p. 105

This passage reminds me of a conversation called “Thirsting for God” with Wendy Farley. She talks about women mystics describing the nature of God’s love. It’s wisdom I return to over and over. Check it out if you have a half-hour… In Search Of Thirsting for God with Wendy Farley. The whole conversation is amazing, but at 16:00, she blows me away with talk about the Trinity before creation.

Had I known this epiphany image was going to lead me to perichoresis, the dance of love, I perhaps would have chosen a more trinitarian celtic design. Could it be that this design invites our participation in the dance?

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James K. A. Smith will be one of the plenary speakers at Valparaiso’s ILS gathering on April 17-19, 2023. As I reread his book to prepare for the gathering, I am partnering passages with the gold bits in my paintings. Here’s info about the gathering – https://www.valpo.edu/institute-of-liturgical-studies/theme/