Enhanced Photo of a detail of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NY, NY
Below is what Tom wrote about his experience with the Positive Energy Art Project:
Trying to apply positive energy did have a discernable effect on my spirituality and well being. To summarize:
A - I was reminded that my spirituality and well being are not always congruent with the day to day life I lead.
B - Faith is essential for growth so some level of ambiguity and uncertainty is OK
C - Once I learn to stay out of my own way I realize that what I consider to be myself is really the Ineffable living through me until the day comes when I am ready to became a self-eixstent being and can say, as did my Lord Jesus, "He who has seen me has seen the Father"
D - Be patient and stay positive and it will happen. As John the Revelator said - "Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not been revealed until now what we are going to be, but we know that when he has been revealed, we shall be in his likeness, and we shall see him just as what he is."
E - The positive energy that surrounds will give us enough life to see that day. As Paul said, "That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever."
Thanks for getting me in on this - much love to you and yours!
Tom
One of the things I always enjoy about your art, Jen, is your sensitivity to geometry. This picture is a perfect example - those circles echoing each other, the sharp point of the triangle, the straight lines of the cross - all the disparate pieces come together in unity-in-diversity that encapsulates the sublime beauty of that church.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alison--
ReplyDeleteI did a photo project a couple of years ago, taking a photo a day to see what it was that "I see." There is something about patterns and shape and repetition that really connects. So much in nature is geometry, the relationship of shape to shape, and there is something interesting to me about those moments when things are no longer things but rather simply patterns and paintings...
With love,
Jen