I cannot tell you how many times I have walked into the hair salon with a hat on my head, begging the stylist not to run and hide at the sight of my hair, This is sort of the same behavior as when I know my housekeeper is coming, and I stay up all night…
Category: #Light
The Empty Lot of My Childhood – Mow It – Make A Path – Weed to Find the Way – Joy Comes in the Morning
On one scorching hot summer morning, I heard the ratcheting sound of lawn mowers firing up. I hoped the sound was coming from my yard. For days, feather-tufted spikes of Johnson Grass had been waving jubilantly in the wind. I rushed to the door to be sure that my ears were not deceiving me, and…
See No Evil! Hear No Evil – Words about the People Who Elect to Disregard Cruelty — The Maga Politics of Cruelty
Words from the Diary of Anne Frank in 1943 History has repeated itself, but this time the horrific is not happening on foreign soils. The horrible is in the USA.. I’ll never understand why so very many people in this country elect not to see–to not care. But behind that, I have no feelings but…
Understanding the Color Changes in Embroidery and in Painting — To Suggest the Lights and Darks
The Sutesloly Floral Embroidery Project is semi-realistic, and it achieves that degree of realism by its use of layered colors to suggest a degree of shading — to suggest the lights and darks in nature. Notice the Darker Ring Around the Center of the Following Zinnia. Also notice the lightest area at the very center…
What Is the Drinking Gourd in the Night Sky & How Did Slaves Follow the Drinking Gourd North to Freedom
Night sky illustration of the Big Dipper, or Drinking Gourd, in relation to the North Star and Little Dipper. nps.gov “As slave lore tells it, the North Star played a key role in helping slaves to find their way—a beacon to true north and freedom. Escaping slaves could find it by locating the Big Dipper,…
The Evening Prayer – Looking at Some of the “Other” Things Written in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer & Comparing that to Other Evening Prayers and Light versus Darkness
I recently came across a phrase suggesting that other than the well-used “Dirty Pages” of the Book of Common Prayer, most Episcopalians know little about is written in their official book of prayers and services. I decided it was time to check out what else this book contains. At my recent Episcopalian Inquirer’s Class, our…
An Introduction into the Life and Art of Vincent Van Gogh – His Quest to Find the Light
Self Portrait – Vincent Van Gogh Painted in 1887 – Months before Van Gogh Moved to Arles In Quest of the Kingdom of Light Vincent Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands but moved to Belgium in 1886. After studying art there, he moved to Paris to live with his brother Theo, who had encouraged…
Vincent Van Gogh in Arles – Letters to Theo September 1888 – The Place and Month He Painted Starry Night Over the Rhone
In September of 1888, Vincent Van Gogh painted Starry Night Over the Rhone, During the same month, he wrote a letter to his brother Theo, and he began trying to explain how his frame of mind had changed since his recent move to Arles. Because of his move to Arles, Vincent had begun to recognize…