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vonda drees art

art that plumbs the depths of love

Tag: presence

The Promised Treasure

Posted on April 14, 2023 by vondadrees

Nearing the end of the book, How to Inhabit Time by James K. A. Smith, I’m moved by a passage… Read more The Promised Treasure

Remembering Mary Lou

Posted on August 25, 2022August 5, 2022 by vondadrees

“An African proverb: Our loved ones are never really gone if we talk about them.” -Pastor Emmanuel Jackson, Living Word,… Read more Remembering Mary Lou

A Softer Way

Posted on August 15, 2022August 5, 2022 by vondadrees

“Work, as it turns out, isn’t always what we think it is. It is gift. It is writing letters and… Read more A Softer Way

Prodigal Belonging

Posted on July 29, 2022July 28, 2022 by vondadrees

“If we truly believe that God surrounds us, we believe that prayer is an everyday experience of being alive. It… Read more Prodigal Belonging

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

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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!

From all I’ve read/heard, “Always there is the persistent need for some deep inner assurance, some whisper in my heart, some stirring of the spirit within me—that renews, re-creates and steadies. Then whatever betides of light or shadow, I can look out on life with quiet eyes. God is with me.” —Howard Thurman, Meditations of the Heart, p. 48 “The sun never says to the earth, ‘You owe me.’ Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.” —Hafiz How is it we see Among the thirteen, Smitten by the blue Image 1 shows my eight most popular Instagram images of 2025. It’s no surprise that four of them are from my Tree of Life painting. ❤️ I then took my own stroll through 2025’s art images and gathered eight moments that shifted something in me. “It’s so rare to find ourselves trusting—not in the systems or -isms of this world—but standing at a place where we offer our bit of salt, leaven, and light. Even then, we have no security that we’re really right. This means that we have to stand in… a place… where we are comfortable knowing that we do not know very much at all.” -Richard Rohr “What I am suggesting is that we come out of our castles of privilege and rejoin reality. Reality is a system of give and take, not just take—that makes it possible for the life of the whole to thrive and evolve. Remembering that we are connected to a larger story, even if we don’t totally understand it, is a radical act of trust and surrender.” —Victoria Loorz, Church of the Wild, p. 157

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