2. yesterday, while i was at the grocery store, i was thinking about where i was a year ago, and how much my life has changed. this time last year, i was at college, planning my final art show, frantically developing photos, spending every night in the dark room or the mac lab. i lived with one of my best friends, i worked a few jobs, and i had a whole life in that little town. my teachers all encouraged me to go somewhere with my art - get noticed and become an artist. now that i've had a year to step back and look at art in my life, i realize that enjoy making art for classes, and for gifts, but i really don't enjoy art for its own sake. sometimes i miss making things that speak for themselves to the glory of god, but now i'm thinking that maybe i still do make those things - just on a smaller scale.
maybe not. that's a question: can knitted blankets and scarves be for the glory of god, or are they just a piece of fabric that took way too long to make?
whenever i miss making art, though, i very quickly remember that i don't have the tools anymore, since i left college. the tools are expensive and i'll probably never have them again. so, i'll have to make different art. because it's true, i have to make something.
3. vacuum cleaners. i got a new vacuum cleaner, and i honestly vacuumed our one rug for 10 minutes yesterday, out of sheer joy. it works so well! we're moving to an apartment with carpet, so our previous vacuum that just usually blew dirt around the room was not going to cut it. we got a kenmore canister vacuum - you know, the kind where you have to drag the vacuum around behind you like a disobedient dog on a leash? it's the kind my mom had (and my bff leah's mom) and we kids always hated it and begged for an upright, but looking back, my mother has had 2 vacuums in her entire life, and they've both been these kind. so i decided that i didn't want to buy a new vacuum 2 years from now, so i'd go for the errant dog style one.
4. maybe i'm not a domestic failure.
5. i started making my little clutches to sell on etsy. they're super stylish and fun. i hope they sell.
yeah, i know, i do own a real camera. but let's be honest: i have no real photo editing software, and this is just easier. it's 6 steps faster.
Yes, the things you make are for the glory of God, even if the items don't explicitly state as much like a painting might. :) You create things that will be treasured for years: baby blankets that will be carefully stored away in hope chests, possibly handed down to children and grandchildren. You create beautiful, soft throw blankets for husbands and wives to cuddle under while they enjoy a night in together. God uses your amazing talents to bring comfort and love to the people who you give or sell them to :).
ReplyDeleteAnd I also think Lady Gaga is weird, but even moreso since Kelli showed me this:
http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=1676
Do I think Lady Gaga is an Illuminati puppet? Ehhh, that might be stretching it. But there definitely seems to be some eerie connections going on.
In Film Studies class, everything we're learning revolves around the fact that every aspect of a film is done with careful intention. One can only surmise that music videos and photo shoots - especially ones like hers that feature such obscure yet dark imagery and symbolism - are treated with similar intentionality.