Monday, January 16, 2006

Concept stage

Been talking with some friends about the design process, with emphasis on the concept stage. If the artist starts with a good conceptual foundation, the aesthetic decisions later should be more meaningful and hopefully more succcessful.


At this stage of my Na artwork, I'm thinking through the concept and symbols. I brainstormed this list with Neal (and some random Martins) a week or so ago. From it, I think I'll pursue a specific text or story to work from. So if anybody has any literary connection ideas for Regenration, let me know.




Then over the weekend I went to good ole Systematic Theology to make sure I really know what Regeneration is. Here's some notes. Grudem makes some sweet comments about "the seed" in 1John 3:9. Anyways, let us know if you guys read any other good articles or excerpts that might help inform the group.


Oh, and in case you're wondering where the theme came from, it was inspired by Mike Bullmore's message "The Functional Centrality of the Gospel" given at the small group ldr conf. & lrdship conf. In it, he speaks of having a lexicon of the Gospel and on a side note mentions that we could benefit from giving attention to the doctrine of regeneration and new life. So ya, we're taking his advice. (and he might be giving some form of that message at Na)

2 comments:

Connie Z. said...

click the little pic icon when yr posting a message and then browse your own computer for pics. these are scanned in from my sketchbook, thanks to jeff.

i'm not sure about articles, unless you scan them too. but you could easily link an article by highlighting the title when you mention it and then press the link icon and fill in the url. its easier than it sounds.

jeff said...

ya the pics are nice and easy to post