This is a little painting I did on my lunch break. 11″ x 10″ approx, acrylic on hardboard. Painted on location 9-11-09.
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I love the little houses in this part of Spokane. Bungalows I guess they call them. I had to drag myself away to go back to building HTML templates for promotions LOL. Why have we engineered a world where we get to work at what we love only on lunch hours? Weird.
But there is much good that comes of tight timeframes to paint. I have painted so many paintings over the years on my “lunch hour”, and the compressed time does make you paint fast and honest, with no time to second guess what you are doing. I mean there will always be aspects of anything you create that you will look at later and wonder, “could I have done better? Can I improve this?” Well, why is that a concern? Art is what it is. It was never intended to be perfect or “complete”. Art is in our lives to help remind us that we are all a broken people, and shows us that in spite of our failings and fears, we are a GLORIOUS PEOPLE OF EARTH, resplendant in a beauty that transcends our behavior. THAT is who we are, that is where we are headed.
Take some of the nations that America is apparently at odds with. Afganistan, Iraq, North Korea… whoever. Hey folks, these people are JUST LIKE YOU AND ME! They have families, they raise kids, they love good food, they make love. (Usually the kids come after the making love part). Where in the world did we come up with this notion that some nations are “evil”? That is baloney. Propaganda. No one is “evil”. The worst person on earth is a product of our broken ways as a race. But that brokenness is now being healed. Soon we will fall in love as one people of earth. God will have his creation noble and beautiful, even for those who could care less about him! You see, this is how the love comes full force. When we begin to accept the “evil doers” as our equal, and instead of dropping nukes on their heads, we tell them that they are loved and accepted. That is when you finally break the curse, and you transform the earth into a paradise. But refuse to forgive, continue to see the world in terms of “us vs. them”, and we will NOT survive. This is America’s fork in the road.
Continue to bomb and blast other nations, continue to treat third world, eastern nations, Muslim nations like they are evil and fail to embrace them as MORE than our equal, and we won’t even be a footnote in the history books. Why do you think they are all busy building nukes and stuff? They are wounded, hurt because of our hate and judgment. That is human nature. Judge someone, condemn someone LONG enough and like a caged mistreated animal they will finally lash out in frustration and anger. Is that what we want? We can break the cycle by taking the high road and asking their forgiveness. America needs to humble herself or we are going DOWN baby… all the way to China town!
Rise up and embrace our hearts again, reach out to the world and forgive, and start making beautiful things again to bring joy to other nations (at NO profit but simply for the joy of creation), and we will become part of the paradise of God.
Continue our imperialistic ways, and we will perish, it is that simple. Ah, but what the heck do I know, I am just the “penny painter” from nowhereville. Don’t listen to me, go turn the TV on and listen to Katie, she will help you beloved, she will guide you to Heaven.
Who would have guessed that eBay would the way to reach the world with a message of hope and peace, forgiveness and mercy? I think the big guy upstairs is having a lot of fun right now guiding his people in some bizarre ways that we could not have predicted (just like him). Wonderful things ahead for those that are listening to the wind, and looking a little deeper into the mists, it is not all doom and gloom. Oh sure, there will be shakeups and stock crashes and such. I would not be investing too much in commodities you can’t see or touch. A good investment would be time with your spouse and kids, walks in the woods, tears in the night spaces, HONEST TALKING to your God in secret. (Curse him if you have to, but be honest! He can take it beloved, He is your Father who made you!) Those are good investments. But IRA’s and stock dividends? Those things fade like the last sunset of the earth, I would not depend on these systems continuing much longer. But again, take what I say with a grain of salt. YOU test the spirits, YOU decide what is right and true for your family and your nation. All I know is, we are a beautiful race, we are a holy nation, ALL of us. No one is excluded or in any way treated as second class. But we are not going to make it if we continue “trading” our way to fortune. That little shell game God Almighty is taking away from us. Sorry.
Unfortunately, America has a very hard lesson to learn, for we have been the most critical and judgmental of any nation of the world. I know some matters require force, weapons, armies, but honestly… did we pursue EVERY available alternative to find peace first? No. We rushed to judgment because that is just our hot-headed way. But we will now pay a dear price for such actions. Will it be someone attacking us? I don’t think so, I don’t think they have to. All they need do is adopt another money standard instead of the dollar, and then you have some real problens. As we have abandoned our heart, and listened to the lies of our culture, of the media, of Madison avenue, taught from childhood to pursue money and FORGET about what is in your heart… well that is ending, God has heard the cries of WAY too many brokenhearted artists… and judgment soon comes. Prepare to find out WHO knows how to make ANYTHING in this nation beside money, not many. This is the most exciting time to be alive for those who are listening to Him, seeking Him, crying out to Him. And I am not talking about some fake-o religious prayer B.S. I mean honest simple conversation with the Lord, talk to him like he is seated beside you, for he is.
If I were you, I would take some VERY long walks in the woods and ask the Father, what can I do to be a blessing? What can I do with my hands to be able to meet the needs of my community, my nation, MY people? Follow the silver cord of your talents, your gifts and callings. We really have to start thinking about that now, for now is the time to plant seeds and prepare… but the times as hard as they can be will bring out the best in us. I believe the world will cast us aside at first and think we are vanquished, but then after some time will see, “wow, there really WAS something of value in that pathetic nation!” Her art and poetry is beautiful, she seems to have found a new song to sing, she seems to be asking for forgiveness. THAT IS THE TRUE AMERICA! Not the land of beurocrats and corrupt politicians. They were never our America! It is you and I beloved, working with our hands those things that are good - THAT is the America that I love, and I will see to it with the Lord’s help that we return there!
That will break the cycle of imperialism, as we finally realize, America was not founded on greed and control, we were founded on love of craft, of song and dreams. THAT is what makes us a great people NOT our stock market and the associated systems of power and lust. YOU will have to decide if you want to be connected to those systems over the next few months. But I can tell you I am not. Don’t let your heart become double minded. Fasten your eyes on heaven alone, God will provide for you beloved stocks or no stocks. Money or no money. He LOVES to provide for us… but if we leave him out and think, oh, my money is providing, my investments are getting the job done…
…look out.
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. May God grant you wisdom and peace in this, the day of his love. Amen.
(Maybe I should just stick with painting and not writing but I can’t help it anymore. Too much that must be said in love. It does no good any more to just stick out heads in the sand. The sand is getting sucked out to to sea.)
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