I paint not by sight but by faith. Faith gives you sight.
- Amos Ferguson
In the fall of 2016, I felt a deep longing to paint. I loved art when I was a child, but somewhere along the way of my 34 years of life, I lost touch with that part of myself.
I remember painting on an easel under the shady shelter of the mulberry trees in my backyard. I remember hand making potpourri from fresh flowers my mom and I bought at the grocery store. I remember excitedly photographing the world the way my eyes saw it through a camera that I won in a newspaper essay contest.
In April of 2017, I began The 100 Day Project. I committed to painting or drawing something every single day for 100 days. A daily habit soon revealed itself to be a place of deep spiritual and personal growth. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing as I committed to sharing my progress and my creations on Instagram. And yet, I discovered that I love abstract painting and that my prayers are deeply intertwined into pouring acrylic on to canvas. The project and the daily act of creating transformed me.
I reveal my heart and come to know my God through my creativity - painting, writing, designing, and crafting. I hope to share these things with you, too!
I remember painting on an easel under the shady shelter of the mulberry trees in my backyard. I remember hand making potpourri from fresh flowers my mom and I bought at the grocery store. I remember excitedly photographing the world the way my eyes saw it through a camera that I won in a newspaper essay contest.
In April of 2017, I began The 100 Day Project. I committed to painting or drawing something every single day for 100 days. A daily habit soon revealed itself to be a place of deep spiritual and personal growth. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing as I committed to sharing my progress and my creations on Instagram. And yet, I discovered that I love abstract painting and that my prayers are deeply intertwined into pouring acrylic on to canvas. The project and the daily act of creating transformed me.
I reveal my heart and come to know my God through my creativity - painting, writing, designing, and crafting. I hope to share these things with you, too!
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It is the creative potential itself in human beings that is the image of God.
- Mary Daly
- Mary Daly
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matter, compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
- Pablo Picasso
- Pablo Picasso
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Creativity is...seeing something that doesn't exist already.
You need to find out how you can bring it into being and that way be a playmate with God.
- Michele Shea
You need to find out how you can bring it into being and that way be a playmate with God.
- Michele Shea
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We must accept that this creative pulse within us is God's creative pulse itself.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
