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March 28, 2007
Done
Finished some paintings for the retreat thing. Gave them to the person in charge... Word on the street is people like 'em.
I will have to post them once they are back in my hands...
Posted by mindy on 10:54 PM | Comments (4)
March 19, 2007
What are the chances?
I always go through the mail hoping for some sort of hand written correspondence. Just a little note that says someone out there (other than Acme, Shop Rite, and the sad missing children last seen with whomever) thought of me. Today I was happy to find an invite to a baby shower mixed in with all the bills and junk.
[Just a side note---I hate junk mail, by the way. I mean, how many poor trees do they chop down to make all that stuff that fills your mail box every stinkin' day: catalogs, grocery store circulars, those stupid things with Chuck E. Cheese coupons, credit card pre-approvals,or just whatever! When we were in California last summer I was amazed at all the logging trucks hauling tree trunks around. It was actually really sad. But I digress...]
So here is the serendipity of that little note: I ripped through the envelope eagerly to see what the contents held inside. Happy with the invite I set the letter and stack aside in my bag and drove on to the next thing for the day.
After getting home and dumping the mail out, I later went back to the pile to retrieve the note to stick it on my organizational apparatus (i.e. the fridge) and low and behold look at what I stumbled upon...
Somehow I managed to accidentally tear the envelope in a perfect "half heart" to create a a full heart when pulled apart. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THAT?! It gave me chills when I saw it lying on the counter... Weird.
Posted by mindy on 09:24 PM | Comments (4)
March 04, 2007
Works
Currently, I am working on the design for the "publicity" posters for our church's upcoming women's retreat. I have visions of what I want to paint... Ideas of seasons and growth... Of life bursting forth from darkness leaving the heaviness behind and fluttering weightlessly through the air like a butterfly.
This past week has been one of the heaviest emotional weeks I've had in quite a while. I've had a family member admitted to a hospital, another admitting to a past that I never knew, and one who is getting married at the end of this week. I've had highs, lows, and in betweens. When I grasp the gravity of it all emerging at around the same time I am frozen in heaviness. I sigh, as I often do, with almost a despairing attitude. Yet, the people who are directly affected by the things mentioned seem to be moving on with hope. With strength. With trust that all things left in God's hands can be made beautiful. So, I too must hold on to that. Like a shell rolling in the calm waters of a gentle surf, I will let myself be swept along. That seems like a peaceful image doesn't it?
Anyway, I got the one painting done of a butterfly. Here is a rough image.
But I don't really like it anymore. So, I need to take the time to make the one that is really on my mind. Hopefully, it will come to me and be everything I want it to be.
Oh, and thanks to you who take the time to read this. Your comments are always so nice to get, no matter what they say...
One more thing, there are no spring shows in the works. Need to fix that "showings" link...
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