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vonda drees art

art that plumbs the depths of love

Tag: healing

January 23

Posted on January 23, 2022 by vondadrees

Healing comes, somehow, in the stitches* holding our lives together. *Stitches = Practices, Rituals 2015 Seven years have gone by… Read more January 23

January 22

Posted on January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 by vondadrees

The math nerd in me went on a fascinating tangent this morning, re-learning about radicals in algebra, this time through… Read more January 22

January 19

Posted on January 19, 2022 by vondadrees

In response to the question posed in 2017’s image, to be “the continuous source of its own replenishment,” water has… Read more January 19

January 7

Posted on January 7, 2022 by vondadrees

There is much to ponder with this day’s seven years of images. What I find myself most wanting to say… Read more January 7

January 4

Posted on January 4, 2022 by vondadrees

Here’s what I wrote back in 2020 to accompany the watercolor image of the Grunewald Guild’s Yurt: I cannot tell… Read more January 4

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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!

Make me a love song, A few days ago, Jim and I canoed the Mississippi backwaters at Blackhawk Park. It was August 2nd. The Bad Axe Massacre of 1832 occurred in this place on this day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bad_Axe “I see you, firebeast, small as I am. In quiet waters Rev. Cameron Trimble’s “A Prayer For Keeping Us Tender” — Stories shared during plenary sessions and worship at the St. Olaf Conference on Worship, Theology, and the Arts inspired this mandala. “What would America look like if every institution were organized around the flourishing of all children instead of the preservation of hierarchy?” -Dr. Stacey Patton Stories shared during plenary sessions and worship at the Conference on Worship, Theology, and the Arts at St. Olaf College inspired this mandala. This page came to be while listening to a conversation shared by Krista Tippett (link below) and reading the following words from Cardinal Domenico Battaglia:

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