Thursday, February 26, 2009

I Am Art

A being, a human being is an outcome of creation.  Just like the rest of the world we are atoms that were put together in such a way to make function as we were designed to.  Beautiful, loving, kind, strong, firm, creative, and artistic hands crafted every being into existence.  Hands that took time, love, extensive thought, and made every piece of His work completely different from one another in ways that our minds cannot even comprehend or understand.  It is His joy and passion in life to create this place that runs completely on how He has made and designed it to work all together in beauty.  The Love Of Life, made us in His own image, so that we can connect with Him on a level that no other thing on this created place can.  Human beings are the created art from God himself, and we display and scream out who God is, his desires, emotions, and his passions.  All that we beings know is how to mimic the one that we relate to and are created from, whether it is conscious or sub conscious.  This is the reason that many beings turn to the beauty of creating their own art and creations; the way that some take a plain piece of canvas, wood, or paper, and we pour our own passions, love, and life on to them.  We take what was given and put into us, and we make our own creations, simply mimicking the one that created us in His own image.  

This puts so much joy in my heart, it really does, but I just cannot help to see the other picture.  I just cannot help to think about God and how he does not just look at his art, but experiencing his art, and lives with it. Then thinking about how beings take the paintbrush and change the perfect vision God has in mind for us.  His art is perfect, He has perfect plans for it much greater than any being can create for oneself, but we take control of ourselves, taking God's art out of His hands.  Why does God allow this, because God’s love for us is so great He gives us a choice in whether it is God, or ourselves that does the painting?  Just think about this:  What if while Vincent Van Gogh on his piece "Starry Night" had just finished the last touches.  Then he called it perfect, but “Starry Night” took the paintbrush and either just not caring, or thinking that it could be better, started painting over it making the beautiful master piece a jumbled mess. This is the same way mankind takes God’s art, and tries to change the perfect vision that He has.  We take God’s brush, and make a mess with what He has given us.  Then with love and patience, He watches until we realize the mess we are making, and with the help of the Spirit we give God the brush back, and He starts painting our mess back into a masterpiece He had planed for us to be. Every line, every shadow, and even every stoke of love is restored, and God looks at us again and says, “There…now, you are perfect.”  

Monday, February 23, 2009



Here's a very limited clip of some of us who enjoyed a great night of art at Bloom, Sunday, February, 22nd...  





...and a few photos.

















Thanks to everyone who shared their work and to everyone who came and shared their company.

Dave