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vonda drees art

art that plumbs the depths of love

Tag: Rise Up Creative

December 13

Posted on December 14, 2021 by vondadrees

Thanks be to God for joy unspeakable. 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 “Seven Years of Wonder” is a… Read more December 13

December 11

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 – This is what I wrote back in 2018 with the following two… Read more December 11

July 27

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2015 – Notes from the ELCA National Youth Gathering 2017 2018 2019 “Seven Years of Wonder” is a daily look… Read more July 27

July 13

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“Make a mark and stay open to surprise” was the invitation from Artist Kristen Gilje in 2016, during my second… Read more July 13

July 12

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I’m hoping these words, “Joy is the flag flown high from the castle of my heart,” might stir the memory… Read more July 12

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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!

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 “With abundant gratitude and openness, “[F]or a great spiritual truth to be true, it needs to be seen echoing through the physical, creative world.” —Victoria Loorz, Church of the Wild, p. 159 “Wild spirituality invites us to expand the context of communion to include the wider sense of sacrifice that keeps the whole cosmic community alive.” —Victoria Loorz, Church of the Wild, p. 155 “Love… is a response to the gift of life that begins with and then expands beyond the particular.” —Victoria Loorz, Church of the Wild, p. 141 “Without agenda or doing. Just being. Once I surrender, the contemplative presence is much easier and more natural than the meditation and prayer practices I struggled to get right throughout my life. I can feel my shoulders release, and I take a long breath, allowing the grace of this moment to sink in.” —Victoria Loorz, Church of the Wild, p. 135 “Relationship is where the holy dwells.” —Victoria Loorz, Church of the Wild, p. 128

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