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vonda drees

journaling the Spirit's stirring

a beginning with oils!

Posted on February 20, 2019 by vondadrees

Since moving to the Grunewald Guild in 2016, I’ve created a library of photos in an Instagram called Grunewald_Graces. I’ve… Read more a beginning with oils!

Be Doers

Posted on September 22, 2018 by vondadrees

It’s been a while since you’ve received something from me. Thanks for sticking around! I’ve been reading Dorothee Soelle’s The… Read more Be Doers

Wild Peace

Posted on August 6, 2018 by vondadrees

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in… Read more Wild Peace

I AM the dance.

Posted on July 28, 2018 by vondadrees

Out of the darkness comes the dance. “I am the dance and I still go on.” This image is available… Read more I AM the dance.

Connection to Natural Flow

Posted on July 7, 2018 by vondadrees

This past week at the Grunewald Guild, I had the lovely opportunity to be in the studio with Guild Faculty… Read more Connection to Natural Flow

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my notes for this morning matins talk... a little messy... just the way I like ‘em
Here we are. So grateful for friends with whom I get to share life. #vondadreesart
Recently I’ve been working with the other sides of journal pages that were originally part of a study on Ignatian Spirituality. This image’s other side brought to mind a kind of abstract Madonna and Child... Although I turned the journal around and around to try to see something else, the same orientation, the same concept kept coming back. #vondadreesart
Light walks on water, lifting my heart to newness. Wholly, buoyant path. “The same spirit that hovered over the waters at the beginning of creation hovers over the mind of the artist at work.” —St. Thomas Aquinas #vondadreesart
In the beginning — Treasure within tradition — Art evokes Love’s Source. I read and then listened to a powerful reading this morning, called “The Religious Value of the Unknown.” Here’s the link - http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=8235. While listening this image was created. “A dark flame sprang forth from the innermost recess of the mystery of the Infinite.” —from the Zohar, “Splendor” #vondadreesart
Spiraling seasons bring all creation homeward. Love’s merry-go-round. #vondadreesart
“Because high heaven made itself so low, That I might glimpse it through a stable door, Or hear it bless me through a hammer blow, And call me through the voices of the poor, Unbidden now, its hidden light breaks through Amidst the clutter of every day, Illuminating things I thought I knew, Whose dark glass brightens, even as I pray.” —an excerpt from “Heaven in Ordinary” by Malcolm Guite To listen to Malcolm read the whole poem, here’s the link - https://malcolmguite.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/heaven-in-ordinary.m4a. The video is of a tree near the Grünewald Guild’s garden. It was a treat the other day to listen to her golden rain. #vondadreesart
“‘There reaches a point where you see other humans drowning, or washed ashore with nothing,’ says Tara, ‘where there is no possibility other than to help with all your heart. It isn’t kindness, exactly— because there is less an element of choice than people think, and for this reason it is less noble.’” —an excerpt from an essay titled “The Understory” by Robert Macfarlane This link, I hope, will get you to the article, if you’re interested in reading more - http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=8231. Compassion flows through the eternal jugular. Tender hearts beat on. I’ve shared this second image before... interestingly, almost a year ago to the day. This morning I opened the journal to the page’s other side and began working. Then, I read The Understory article, returning to work on the image when I needed some time for reflection. (It’s a pretty long article.) When it felt done, i turned over the page to see what was on the other side. Seems there’s some news here that I’m still needing to absorb into my being. I know there is... because yesterday, as Jim and I drove by a man sitting on the corner of an intersection, all I could do was feel bad that I had a half a sandwich lowered to my lap. #vondadreesart
Layers of stories light ways of being. Listen, My love sounds through you. “When space acts as an instrument, the space can tune you.” —Shea Michael Trahan What a grace to resound love in a place where Love sings a river song and a ponderosa tune. #vondadreesart
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