Sorry for the delay

I'll let you know the final word as soon as I hear it. The pastors are out of town and i'm headed to austin for the weekend so i'm thinking it will be early next week that we'll hear.

Hope this doesn't inconvienience anybody.

connie

status of conversation series?

does anybody know the status of the phily series? or if theres anything showable in it?

transporting artwork

once the show is curated (Tuesday the 18th) we'll know which pieces need to be transported.

so to our philly artists, we'll come to that question then, but a couple things to keep in mind. consider if you have access to a truck (family? friend?) or somebody that already makes a regular trip from philly to MD. i'll be coming up to philly on May 5-6 so i'll try to borrow a van or something from here so i can coordinate a pick up with you.

once the artwork is safely in Maryland, we have reserved place for it on a truck thats going to Louisville.

Conniej

oh! and dimensions!!

please add on to the attachement you send me:

4. dimensions of your artwork, length by height & width of canvas too, or how its framed.

I'll email this to everybody in case folks arent checking the blog. so sorry in advance if you read it twice.

enjoy the crunch time before the deadline!

-connie

weeping cherry blossoms

standing under a weeping cherry blossom tree just now taking in all the color, i was reminded of a quote Bill gave me once from Chromophobia by David Batchelor :

"to fall into color is to fall out of words."

there is a certain part of 65th avenue near my house where yellow flowers, green buds, and the brightest pink blossoms fall in a row. it is sensory overload: especially with all the sun.

i couldn't take my eyes off of the tree -- the pink blossoms swaying in the wind, the sharp contrast of deep brown bark against pink, the height of the thing. i thought of how we will see Jesus in heaven : we won't be able to take our eyes off of Him. (& this is how we are called to live now too). there will be so many facets to see : His eyes, His wounds, His smile . . . so,

"to fall into Jesus is to fall out of words."

Info re: deadline

Hey guys, here's the scoop. For a piece of artwork to be considered for the Na art show, please email the following to Connie by Easter:

1. Digital pic of the artwork as a whole. If you'd like to send additional details or multiple views, thats cool too.
2. Digital pic of yourself next to the artwork so we can see scale. (and those silly faces)
3. A 100 word or less explanation of your artwork. We want these to be displayed next to your piece. So tell us about regeneration and whatever you think in helpful for the viewer: your process? symbolism? how your concept developed? help non-art folks to look closer at your art.

let me know if you have more Q's.
-conniej

transporting artwork

Hey Connie,
when and where and how are we gonna all get our artwork down to New attitude?
I was thinking that I need to get a penske truck to transport my stuff to our church and then from there? We need these done by Easter Sunday, April 16th?
Any ideas?
Thanks
Rob

i who have died am alive again today,

i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?

(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

~e.e. cummings

this is the poem i'm using in a poster for the show. bill explicated it for us to think about it in terms of Jesus being the first person, speaking "i who have died am alive again today" -- i think this is so beautiful, and it completely shifts my view of this poem. this could be a portrait of the Son speaking to the Father of "this most amazing day", His death on the Cross as atonement for our sins. (!)

at covenant, the series called 'the gospel song' is radically shifting my view of Jesus & the gospel. i am so grateful for the pastors who were led to preach these messages!!