A Splendid Adventure


This writing comes from "A Sacred Journey" by Frederick Buechner. As I was reading it I realized it stated better than I could the reason I began my blog. "What I propose to do now is to try listening to my life as a whole, or at least to certain key moments of the first half of my life thus far, for whatever of meaning, of holiness, of God, there may be to hear. My assumption is that the story of any one of us is in some measure the story of us all. For the reader, I suppose, it is like looking through someone else's photograph album. What holds you, if nothing else, is the possibility that somewhere among all those shots of people you never knew and places you never saw, you may come across something or someone you recognize. In fact - far more curious things have happened - even in a stranger's album, there is always the possibility that as the pages flip by, on one of them you may even catch a glimpse of yourself. Even if both of those fail, there is still a third possibility which is perhaps the happiest of them all, and that is that once I have put away my album for good, you may in the privacy of the heart take out the album of your own life and search it for the people and places you have loved and learned from yourself, and for those moments in the past - many of them half forgotten - through which you glimpsed, however dimly and fleetingly, the sacredness of your own journey."



1.27.2012

serendipity...or not...


it's still rainy and overcast here, but i think i got a better shot of this.

oh, and look at all the acorns that dropped this year...a lot of them have been disposed of...this is the rest.

imagine these hitting a tin roof or getting hit in the head walking to the car... :)

back to the painting...

when i was working on this i did not really have a story in mind.  however, as i added certain stencils they did have meaning for me.

little bits, but not seeing it as a whole till i was finished.

if you look closely there is a background outline of a person...a very primitive one

this was not meant to be a specific person, actually it was a failed attempt to do something

i did not like it, that's when i began to stencil

here is what i see

a hand pointing to Jesus
arrows pointing upward
hand prints of God
peace sign...there is only real peace in Jesus
stop
men running
heart
even some drips running down the body
x's

stop running
look up
real peace is offered
real life is offered
real love covers our mess
our debt has been canceled

oh how i love when this happens


12 comments:

Jen @Sadie Inspired said...

Beautiful Mary! I love all the colors and all the sweet meaning you see in it. I LOVE the 2 blue hand prints. They look like hands raised in worship to me. :) Have a wonderful weekend!

Cindy said...

I love this! The journey is so interesting, with the Holy Spirit guiding...seems HE had something in mind! I believe this piece will appeal universally - are those your hands? As Jen said, raised in worship?

Mary said...

the hands are a great stencil
from a group of "street art" stencils...forget who made them.

Jo Reimer said...

It's so interesting to see God communicating with us through our work. That happens to me occasionally, too, and thrills my soul. This piece of yours makes me happy to look at it. Stencils are my friend.

Bren said...

This just makes the painting even more special, it has it's own story to tell

Paint Girl Productions said...

I relly enjoy this piece, there is a primitive yet very modern story telling going on. I always like looking at art and making my own story with it so this one is right up my alley!

Nancy said...

I love looking at your work but I love hearing the story behind it as well....It gives it so much more meaning to know what you see in it as you reflect...I believe with all my heart that what is in the heart will come out in our art but often we know the story until it is finished.....

Have a great weekend sweet friend,,,

Love you,
Nanie

Jennifer Richardson said...

Love it, love it:)
altogether beautiful story.
-Jennifer

Debbie said...

awesome painting and message Mary!

Bevie said...

Hi Mar, I know this was posted some time ago...but I'm just now seeing it...and have to tell ya sis it's beautiful...so full of meanings..(((hugs)))

Jill said...

This is such a cool painting, very street artist, love the layers!

laurel said...

So very awesome. The one that jumped out for me first was stop running. The whole thing has wonderful meaning.