These are some illuminated poems I made as Christmas gifts in 2015. Find the corresponding poems in my Poetry blog: "I am alone" - "your list" - "communion" - "salt"
I was an altarista for the Nevada County Altar Show in 2013. I used my final project from my sculpture class, a book sculpture using a Bible, my own handmade paper, and some origami paper, along with other props. The Christ image on the wine bottle is from St. Gregory's of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Fransisco - they have a mural, The Dancing Saints by Mark Dukes, and I took home their booklet with all of the images featured. The table was built by my friend, Jacob Studebaker. I included other Bibles, a hymnal, and a journal for visitors to share their response. This was my statement in the Altar Show program:
“You carefully study the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. They do in fact tell about me…” Jesus’ words in John 5:39 are comforting and confounding. This altar depicts a lover’s sometimes desperate, sometimes hopeful search for the sacred heart in scripture and an invitation to join. Acrylic, oil pastels, and paint pen on canvas. This was inspired by a question, "What is your image of God?" I thought of light in darkness, my mother's comfort, and this lyric from a devotional song that I wrote around the image: almighty infinite Father faithfully loving your own - here in our weakness you find us falling before your throne - you are the one that we praise - you are the one we adore - you give the healing and grace our hearts always hunger for Song credit: "Wonderful, Merciful Savior" by Dawn Rodgers and Eric Wyse. Media: Color pencil and sharpie marker.
The poem I wrote on the back with the same title: An antennae reaches, stretches, blinks open its bulbous eye to heaven, shrinking back for fear and awe of the brightest star. Blinking again to open and realize that this star was the True Light and its duty was to gaze. And so begins the dance - up, down, in, out, open, shut - until the orbiting sphere of antenna revolves its rotation right into the light shooting closer, supernova. As it approaches, antenna vibrate higher and shut the eyes, then wide open, vibrating as the star gets closer, bursting into celestial flame, exploding the planet, flying through space long enough to begin revolutions and rotations of each an own, drawing others to lights inextinguishable. *Inspired by Moonface, "Whale Song," for no recognizable reason. |
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