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vonda drees art

art that plumbs the depths of love

Tag: Malcolm Guite

November 18

Posted on November 18, 2021 by vondadrees

2015 2016 2018 2019 2020 “Seven Years of Wonder” is a daily look back at my creative journaling posts since… Read more November 18

April 11

Posted on April 11, 2021April 13, 2021 by vondadrees

Is resonance the mystical repetition of original wonder echoing through our creativity, an ‘old’ wonder always being made new? 2020… Read more April 11

April 10

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Inspired by this day’s images, I am imagining this as one way we could hear the call to be human:… Read more April 10

April 2

Posted on April 2, 2021April 9, 2021 by vondadrees

2020 2019 “To be transformed by the practice of love is to be born again… commitment to love will be… Read more April 2

March 20

Posted on March 20, 2021April 9, 2021 by vondadrees

2020 My Facebook Friend Shellee Layne-Coley recently shared a song that stirred my heart in the most beautiful way. As… Read more March 20

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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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