This series is beyond me. Literally. That’s the point.
Once a professor of mine said we cannot create beauty; we can only point toward it. I can create something that looks beautiful but it is not beauty.
While my pieces may cover many subjects, interests, commentaries, these are simply about pointing toward beauty, toward God.
God is beauty. Beauty is God. But, God is more than beauty.
Thus, this series is inherently ineffective, inefficient, insecure, fallible. But, sometimes I think I can sit in that spot of weakness-recognition and never try. Never try to point, try creating some thing about God and His glory. But I want to try, I want to know.
This series is about more. More than me.
This series is nothing about me and everything about me. It reflects my perspective but I pray it becomes more. More for you. More for a drinker of the cup, lighter of a candle, eater off a plate.
We’ll see… Step 1: a series of candle holders that dangle from the ceiling. What better place to start than with light? I pray these are inspiring, reflective, and more than dirt.
I will include pictures this evening of my progress thus far. I want this process to involve you, I invite you to post your thoughts and suggestions. For now, I leave you with a song that has covered me this week. The emotions from “This Is Not the End” is what I hope to bring to this work.
Enjoy.
