Messy Canvas: Free to embrace the Imperfect and call it an Art

Sketching

January 14, 2008

This is one of those things that I’ve been putting off – drawing.
I have my reasons; none of them are good:
It’s a waste of time.I won’t like what I draw.I don’t have any reason to draw.I spend my time looking at other’s illustrations instead of drawing my own.
So here I am. Trying to get free. [...]

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God’s creations

January 11, 2008

I am most impressed by God when I get out of my own little world and get into His big one. And specifically I mean get into nature.
I fell asleep the other nite staring out at the stars from our bedroom window. It’s been a long time since I’ve had [...]

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Our World…

January 11, 2008

If you haven’t seen this yet, it’s really worth checking out. I think it speaks for itself.

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The Past

January 9, 2008

I scrounged around and found this old article I wrote that had an interview of Kendall Payne. I guess the Uhaul thieves weren’t interested in stealing old teenage Christian magazines because I found a whole little pile of old magazine articles that survived.
But I have another reason for posting this, other than just showing my [...]

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Free. My goals album for 2008.

January 9, 2008

I created, or I should say I am in the process of creating, a personal goal book for 2008. All of the goals pertain to my word for the year: “free.”
On the inside cover I wrote these words: “And this is [...]

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Two GREAT FREEing Quotes

January 8, 2008

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.Your playing small does not [...]

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I’m not one for believing in fortunes, but…

January 7, 2008

This one is awesome.

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Favorite quotes

January 7, 2008

I heard Chuck Colson speak this weekend at church. This was my favorite quote from the nite:
“It’s a very lucrative business to be in the bashing God business these days.”
Oh, I liked this one too:
“For churches to be affective lives have got to be transformed.”

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Kendall Payne Inspires Me

January 6, 2008

I think it would be a shame if I didn’t share my most favorite music right now, especially since I’m finding myself listening to it every time I sit down to do something creative.
I discovered Kendall Payne about 8 years ago when I got the opportunity to do a phone interview with her for a [...]

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