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Tag: mystery

within the circle

Posted on August 23, 2022August 5, 2022 by vondadrees

“What if the whole point is that growth comes when we least expect it and we return to the same… Read more within the circle

Return to Mystery

Posted on August 19, 2022August 5, 2022 by vondadrees

“…[W]e are called to the bigger work ahead of us, so that together we know what it means to return… Read more Return to Mystery

A Canopy of Grace

Posted on July 25, 2022July 24, 2022 by vondadrees

“As humans, we are simply asked to walk in the mystery of our identities one day at a time, one… Read more A Canopy of Grace

Wounded for Love’s Sake

Posted on July 23, 2022July 22, 2022 by vondadrees

“If Christianity is able to decenter itself enough to see that the imprint of sacred mystery already belongs all over… Read more Wounded for Love’s Sake

Dottie

Posted on July 15, 2022July 14, 2022 by vondadrees

“…and we take in the reality that whatever was used to create the world — the big bang, the little… Read more Dottie

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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!

“Let no one say the past is dead, the past is all about us and within.” -Oodgeroo Noonucal Every eight years the dance of Venus and Earth create the pattern called the Rose of Venus. You can see a video of their dance here -https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H4fHl541uaw. Still pondering the colors for my Pentecost image, especially the area under the curves that is currently yellow in the first sketch. Although next in my liturgical lineup of images is Pentecost, today I share my green Ordinary Time one as a way to honor St. Patrick. “The paradox of hospitality is that it wants to create emptiness— a friendly emptiness where strangers can enter and discover themselves as created free; free to sing their own songs, speak their own languages, dance their own dances…” -Henri Nouwen Before Fibonacci came Pingala, an ancient Indian poet and mathematician (c. 3rd-2nd century BCE.) Pingala studied poetic metres and verse in Sanskrit prosody. Here is the image in process for Good Friday. I scribbled a prayer in the margins: YHWH, forgive our lack of imagination. There is rich visual imagery when remembering the Passion Week. I recently learned that there’s an art word, pentimento, that is “the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, strokes painted over.” It’s also the Italian word for repentance.

You can also view my work on Pinterest. Here's an image from my recent journaling through The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story.

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