My Family Rocks

My kids and husband played pieces in a recital yesterday. They have an excellent teacher, Enrique Chi, from the band Making Movies.

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Surreal

Last night we went to experience Sigur Ros live at the Uptown Theater. I got a taste of the heavenly praises I will be experiencing one eternity. Time no longer existed, just the music, just the art.
Today my home smells like my grandma’s, fried chicken; and Sigur Ros is playing in the background. My soul is [...]

the Right Side of My Brain

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” [...]

Inspiring Christian Women

The latest Salt challenge is “Women of Faith.” My daughter and I took a class this weekend to learn how to solder jewelry. We both loved it. I see many fun creations in our future. This bracelet was inspired by a very special Christian woman in my life, my mom. She’s been the church organist [...]

New Year’s Resolution

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 [...]

Symbiosis

Front:

Back:

My husband’s Christmas present was also my first piece of art outside of a book. Although I did prepare a canvas, I ended up using the cover of a book instead. The words in ink read Symbiosis: the living together of two dissimlar organisms, such as you and I. The highlighted text on the page reads [...]

Art from Worship

Yesterday I went to the International House of Prayer to soak in the excellent worship experience they have available. They have a prayer room in which worship takes place 24 hours a day and has been going nonstop since Sept. 19, 1999. The worship leader changes every 2 hours, and I just happened to go [...]

Worship

Ephesians 5:18-21 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; (19) Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; (20) Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our [...]

A precious gift

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, my family was busy packing for a visit to my inlaws. My daughter was finishing up last minute baking as I folded the last of the laundry. The phone rang. The dearest, most precious person called me. She hadn’t read about my latest bout of depression. She just felt compelled to [...]

Art Every Day #12 – Doodle & Lyrics

This is a doodle that I started yesterday in church. Today I was exhausted, so adding to it was all I could muster. There are two separate song lyrics going on. One is quite obvious, the old hymn, Fairest Lord Jesus. It is such a flowing song, I was surprised at all the exclamation points [...]

Who’s Your Brother?

A some friends of mine recently gave me a new album, new for me. Mockingbird by Derek Webb was recorded in 2005. The first 4 lines of the following song captured me.
A King & A Kingdom
(vs. 1)
who’s your brother, who’s your sister
you just walked passed him
i think you missed her
as we’re all migrating to the place where [...]

The Cottonwood

The cottonwood tree in my neighbor’s back yard is preparing to sing. I heard him doing warm ups this morning.
Each year I look forward to autumn and the singing of this tree. His voice is beautiful. He tells stories of water and of preparation and of childhood. He sings to me the love of my father.
I [...]

Opera singing, anyone?

Wow, last night I was able to attend a Master Class by great opera singer, Sergio Blásquez. Listening to him talk of his techniques, his life, and watching him give instruction to some very talented singers was amazing. Do you realize opera singers use their legs and torso, but not their shoulders to sing? Do you [...]

Concert Band

Guess what I got to do while visiting my hometown?

I played in the city band with my mom and niece. We practiced Monday night and played at an ice-cream social in a neighboring town Tuesday night. I was amazed that my fingers recalled their place on the flute. I remembered!
This playing, this experience, has caused [...]

Liberty

This page is an expression of my experience with liberty in Christ. The verses referenced include:
Genesis 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will [...]