I’ve desired to know how to draw for years. After several tries with “learn to draw or sketch” books with instructions and suggestions, I’ve finally decided that The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was worth the time investment it would take to read. It is more than a “learn to draw” [...]
I’ve been working through the book, The Artist’s Way, these past few weeks. I highly recommend it for growth in any creative area of life. Each week there are new assignments to enable one to strip away the barriers from creative thinking and doing. This week I am practicing “reading deprivation.” I am not reading [...]
Much like gravity is this pull from the depths, the pull of my Creator. I see His fingerprints everywhere and long to gaze upon His face. Sometimes, rather often, I long to see His face greater than I long to dwell within the constructs of time and space. Thankfully, I know I am not alone in this [...]
Discussion at the dinner table today:
He says, “We need to put a spring on the chicken coop gate. The chickens keep escaping.”
She says, “Since they are enclosed, they’re not really free-range chickens.”
He says, “They can move around within the pen freely.”
She says, “To be truly free, they must be born again.”
amanda ∞
Today’s lunch menu for VERONICA’s Voice included:
Corned Beef, Cabbage and Potatoes
Homeade Rye Bread
Green Clover-shaped Spritz Cookies
I was also going to serve fresh apple slices, but left the apples at home. Oops.
The smell of the corned beef still lingers in our home. Delicious and comfortable.
As a continuation from my thoughts on slavery yesterday, I wanted to [...]
The latest Salt challenge is Lent. This was a difficult topic for me since I don’t participate in traditional Lenten practices. Although raised in a church that does recognize the season of Lent, I had to do an internet search to refresh my mind on the purpose and intent of Lent.
Lent is a time of reflection [...]
The trees are stark. All the earth takes on extremes of light or dark. Nothing is growing. All is still, silent. Outside. On the grey days, I long for Spring. When the sun shines, my whole body rejoices. Hope springs up within me. Why do I feel this surge of hope? Because I have tasted of spring and watched [...]
New year resolutions, I am not one to set them, but have found myself pondering and praying about God’s directions for me. This fall I spent extremely too much time on the computer. I am sure I wasted days. This is not what God has prepared for me. Last spring, God began stripping responsibilities and duties [...]
I submit a blank page. Although I thought the art every day month challenge would encourage me to develop good habits, the opposite is happening. I am losing my focus. To regain this focus on my family and the season in which I am now living, I am going to step away from my computer (which [...]
The topic of my hymnal page is deep. The girl behind bars is my sister in Christ. I first met her in my neighborhood about a year ago. She is not only jailed physically right now, she has been imprisoned emotionally and spiritually her whole life. I desire for her to be free. She is [...]
Today my art takes on a different form, writing.
STRANGER, n.
1. A foreigner; one who belongs to another country.
2. One of another town, city, state or province in the same country.
3. One unknown.
4. One unacquainted.
5. A guest; a visitor.
6. One not admitted to any communication or fellowship.
7. In law, one not privy or party to [...]
Today’s art is me:
I started with a base coat of gesso loose powder. My canvas seems to be extremely oily.
Next I apply my first layer, accenting the natural Swedish contour of the canvas.
Did I apply an even, concentric coat? Yes.
The next layer adds depth and subtle highlights.
Layer upon layer, it’s all good.
My dad always wanted [...]
The latest challenge at Salt is Jesus is Lord. The Biblical text used is from John 8: 2-11:
John 8:2-11 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. (3) And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman [...]
Still no photos. I need a new USB cable.
But today I cleaned out my fall decorations. While adorning the house with touches of autumn, I also purged the storage tub. I plan on doing this with each holiday. Christmas will be the big challenge.
Check out the great organizational tool over at Homeschool in the Pines. [...]
My husband and son spent several days working and camping on the beach here (a private beach on an island off the coast of South Carolina):
That boy came back with the tips of his hair bleached and a ruddy tan:
My husband is the one controlling the long arm (jib arm) with the camera on the end:
They were there [...]
