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It used to be that I asked why are we given a riven nature? In this season, my heart somehow reasons with my mind... how else could we recognize connection? Connections happen at our soft spots becoming Mercy’s conduit. #vondadreesart

Last night one of our guests said that she couldn’t wait for the morning. I think it was contagious because I had a hard time sleeping with my own anticipation of classes starting. Here comes the sun. It’s all right. #vondadreesart

...when the Friend comes, the Spirit of Truth, you will be taken by the hand and guided into all the truth there is... -John 16:13 #vondadreesart

“You’ve opened a vastness within me... Let me drown in your light. I carried my stones to the sea, and I opened my hands... felt the sky and the waves rush through me, that’s when my life began.” -Jennifer Kelly I was asked yesterday about the Guild’s theme of Opening. I shared its meaning to me in a few fragments of words. The Guild’s summer program provides a space for everyone who comes to ponder, practice and experience their own opening, and perhaps respond through art and faith. Community welcomes each and every voice as part of the Guild’s growing story. “In a blanket of stars you received me and I gave you my all. ... What would you say if I asked you for those stars every night?” -Jennifer Jennifer’s song can be found here - https://youtu.be/iiq_xhDSkEo. #vondadreesart

While my days have been full with preparations for the start of the Guild’s Summer program, I’ve chosen to share images from my already-existing work. This is a canvas holding the oil paint cleaned/scraped from my glass palette during my painting a few months ago. Rather than throw the paint away, I gave it a home on this canvas. And yes, at some point, Monet’s Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge came to mind. It was a ritual, a habit, perhaps even a prayer, to create something... and this canvas became the practice’s offering, its cairn. It’s a bridge of sorts, holding all things together — Sacred Scrappiness. #vondadreesart

Reformatting a few images for the Guild’s upcoming summer program liturgies. If you happen to be on the fence about coming... Come! There is a perfect opening just for you! https://grunewaldguild.com/summer-program-2019/ #vondadreesart

Created to support a new statement of core values for Grace Lutheran in Wenatchee, this image specifically represented their music ministry. A fun detail: The image contains the chords from a version of Amazing Grace at a key change. Through the image, I hoped to show the power of music to connect us in times of change. #vondadreesart

“Juegas todos los días con la luz del universo.” ~~~ “Every day you play with the light of the universe.” -Pablo Neruda Light calls us to play, to make forts with Love’s blanket... a home for our soul. #vondadreesart

I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh... -Acts 2:17 “Energy becomes presence.” -Teilhard de Chardin, The Heart of Matter #vondadreesart

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