I am an influencer, motivator, and encourager to people that they can accomplish anything they put their mind to.
I am a bold, dynamic, and inspirational speaker.
People feel the presence of God when they are around me.
I am debt free
I am pure, holy, and righteous
I will live a long, healthy, and active life
I prosper in all I do
I walk in Faith, every minute of every hour of every day
The Lord is my guide and will not allow me to fail, therefore I fear nothing because God is on my side
I exceed all my production goals every month
I leave lasting impressions on everyone I come in contact with
I am quick to listen and slow to speak
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The Rachel Variations
Playwrite Steven Dietz revised the classic drama "The Sea Gull" by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, but couldn't quite decide how to enact the last scene between the two principle characters, Nina and Treplev. Dietz's imagination left him with 43 alternate endings. These were compiled into a new drama called "The Nina Variations." I don't know how my vision's "script" will end, so I wrote a few different options.
I
I slide the 25th sheet into its clear
page-protector and review
snippets of Truth
fragments of Light
hues of Hope
that I tried to pin on paper.
God and
I created
together.
And that’s enough for me.
I close the notebook and
put it back on my shelf.
II
She found it a while ago and
would not let me have it back.
She has a connection,
she said,
who might be interested in
seeing this collection of…
chopped & glued paper?
jumbled wordwork?
CREATEDNESS.
Editions, additions, subtractions
later—the pre-release copy sits
open in my hands.
God and I created together.
And that’s enough for me.
I close the bookette and
put it back on my shelf.
III
Someone gave it to him—
he doesn’t know what it is.
A strange picture-book.
From the unfolded binding
spill
echoes of beauty
shards of redemption
fragrance of grace.
He closes the book and
puts it back on the shelf.
And then picks it up again.
I
I slide the 25th sheet into its clear
page-protector and review
snippets of Truth
fragments of Light
hues of Hope
that I tried to pin on paper.
God and
I created
together.
And that’s enough for me.
I close the notebook and
put it back on my shelf.
II
She found it a while ago and
would not let me have it back.
She has a connection,
she said,
who might be interested in
seeing this collection of…
chopped & glued paper?
jumbled wordwork?
CREATEDNESS.
Editions, additions, subtractions
later—the pre-release copy sits
open in my hands.
God and I created together.
And that’s enough for me.
I close the bookette and
put it back on my shelf.
III
Someone gave it to him—
he doesn’t know what it is.
A strange picture-book.
From the unfolded binding
spill
echoes of beauty
shards of redemption
fragrance of grace.
He closes the book and
puts it back on the shelf.
And then picks it up again.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
A Miller & an Elf walked into a bar—the Iconographer ducked.
This is supposed to be about someone who has done what I’m attempting—create poetry [verbal AND visual] to reflect Truth. I didn’t find a historical or cultural figure who did precisely that, so I’m combining a couple different aspects of folks who’ve inspired me. This is not to say that I’m the first person in the history of the universe to create in the way I hope to; my research was not exhaustive and, like any creative process, I just rearrange existing elements to form a unique whole.
Iconography—the depiction of God or saints—was deemed a “vocation” in the historic church. Just like you could receive a vocation to be a priest or a nun, God could call you to full-time service as His artist. Iconographers did not even attempt to start an image until they felt that God had inspired them with vision to do it as He desired. Iconography is still considered a “vocation” in some branches of the church—a holy art.
I want to be iconographic in that I want the images that fall onto my paper to be instigated by the Holy Spirit.
Calvin Miller grew up poor and fatherless in a dusty Oklahoma town. He somehow made it to college, into ministry, and through higher education. At a point when he was dealing with stagnation and depression, he felt God challenging him to lead a deeper inner life and express to the world a vibrant, robust portrayal of Christ through literature. He awoke one night at 2am with the first line of what would become a poetic trilogy. It was about Jesus. It sprang from focusing on Jesus. And it touched thousands of people.
I want to be like Calvin Miller in his exquisite skill with words and his capacity to cloak eternal concepts in earthly language.
I hope that, in my concoctions of words and images, I somehow express the divine. In The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien’s elves state “…we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make.” I guess that’s my heart’s desire and my inspiration to live up to the words of 1 Peter 4:10-11: “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.”
Iconography—the depiction of God or saints—was deemed a “vocation” in the historic church. Just like you could receive a vocation to be a priest or a nun, God could call you to full-time service as His artist. Iconographers did not even attempt to start an image until they felt that God had inspired them with vision to do it as He desired. Iconography is still considered a “vocation” in some branches of the church—a holy art.
I want to be iconographic in that I want the images that fall onto my paper to be instigated by the Holy Spirit.
Calvin Miller grew up poor and fatherless in a dusty Oklahoma town. He somehow made it to college, into ministry, and through higher education. At a point when he was dealing with stagnation and depression, he felt God challenging him to lead a deeper inner life and express to the world a vibrant, robust portrayal of Christ through literature. He awoke one night at 2am with the first line of what would become a poetic trilogy. It was about Jesus. It sprang from focusing on Jesus. And it touched thousands of people.
I want to be like Calvin Miller in his exquisite skill with words and his capacity to cloak eternal concepts in earthly language.
I hope that, in my concoctions of words and images, I somehow express the divine. In The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien’s elves state “…we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make.” I guess that’s my heart’s desire and my inspiration to live up to the words of 1 Peter 4:10-11: “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.”
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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