Exile

For my coursework at Carey I had to write an autobiography with attention to God's presence at any given time. This was a very interesting exercise and I learned a lot about myself and God. mostly that God was present even when I wasn't aware of it. It is always easier looking back on your life to see the bigger picture and to find the pieces fitting together. It also helps that I lived a couple of years and have picked up some learning on the way. Makes me wonder about younger people doing this same exercise who are just at the start of their lives.
The next step was to put this biography beside the themes of Exodus and Exile, which is a whole different focus again. I learned that I don't mind going into unfamiliar territory at all and that I actually thrive as an artist whenever my creativity and curiosity are tested.
Like coming up with ideas how to "translate" the desert into a quilt pattern, what fabrics to choose that enhance this theme and how to put everything together.


Flames in the desert

These are the designs I came up with and now am in the process of putting together.


Streams in the desert

While steeping on the desert theme I started to wonder about shells and hermit crabs (don't ask me how I get from A to B? my mind is a curious thing!) And then I landed on the Fibonacci sequence and remembered that my dad had given a lecture about the Fibonacci sequence at one point. How do I translate this into a quilt?

Desert Shell

And on and on it goes. I love it how I can bounce off ideas with my theological studies and end up with quilts. Stay posted for the results.......


creativity

I Just finished a second week of leading art at an elementary camp, grades 3-6. It has been a while since I did crafts with kids but I loved it. The planning and then the interaction with the kids. Some amazing art work was created and it was cool to teach them how to create things. it was heartwarming to see their excitement of learning how to crochet. One girl was taking the yarn with her and planned on doing it with her grandma!
I'm so thankful to my parents and teachers who instilled a love of art in me and helped me to express my creativity in different ways. Since most of my time has been focussed on quilting lately it was fun to "go back" to other art forms and pass the gift on to the next generation.

look at the birds.........

having our hearts filled with God

illuminating scripture