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vonda drees art

art that plumbs the depths of love

Tag: begin again

January 12

Posted on January 12, 2022 by vondadrees

I’m including more notes than usual with my images today. Maybe it’s because I’m starting to hold on more tightly… Read more January 12

September 16

Posted on September 16, 2021 by vondadrees

Have you seen the movie, Harriet? Either way, give a listen to the song… “Stand up.” Can you hear freedom… Read more September 16

July 6

Posted on July 6, 2021 by vondadrees

Recently while walking the dirt roads of our country neighborhood, I’ve noticed more of the little blue flower featured in… Read more July 6

July 5

Posted on July 5, 2021 by vondadrees

The slower a camera’s shutter speed, the longer the time the image sensor is exposed to light. I sense something similar is… Read more July 5

May 31

Posted on May 31, 2021 by vondadrees

Perhaps another way to write “Be still and know” is included in my 2015 image as “Be still and be… Read more May 31

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Instagram holds many seasons of my creative contemplation. It continues to be a place I share fresh paint & ink, and I'd be delighted to meet you there!

A few of you may recall that earlier this year I was working on a painting inspired by Mary’s Magnificat. So very grateful for this invitation from the Women of the ELCA’s Gather Magazine and happy to say, here it is!, alongside Ryan Cumming’s stirring reflection, “A song for any season.” “Somewhere, decisions are being made Sacred lotus kin, Wisdom from Hannah Arendt: Something cracks in me Annie Dillard wrote, “Nature is, above all, profligate. Don’t believe them when they tell you how economical and thrifty nature is, whose leaves return to the soil. Wouldn’t it be cheaper to leave them on the tree in the first place? This deciduous business alone is a radical scheme… Extravagance!” “With sophisticated technology, we strive to see what is beyond us, but are often blind to the myriad sparkling facets that lie so close at hand. We think we’re seeing when we’ve only scratched the surface. Our acuity at this middle scale seems diminished, not by any failing of the eyes, but by the willingness of the mind. … [H]ave we become dismissive of what takes no technology but only time and patience to perceive?” —Robin Wall Kimmerer We listen, we heal. “We carry ourselves wherever we go…” —Amma Matrona

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