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Spirit by melodious

oil on canvas / This Painting was a commissioned piece for this passage of scripture. / Luke 4:18-19 / “The spirit of the lord is upon me to preach good news to the poor, sight to the blind, release for the captives and to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.” / A little explanation: / You will find 12 sections to represent one year – ‘the year of the Lord’s favour’. / Then I set to work on what would be in each of the 12 parts? / One day I was writing out a shopping list and I started to write what I’d need in order to really live this passage… or what I had already perhaps… / Spirit, Light, Voice, Faith, Uncertainty, Hope, Hands, Water, Oil, Feet, Strength, Boldness… / This is a great sending forth… an annointing… a comissioning… / I realised that I had all that it takes and that it would take all that I have in order to live according to this bold sending out…. / Starting from the top left hand corner you will find water… I think, living in Australia, i am so very much aware of how precious water is for life and how water is definitely good news for the poor. Next you will find Hope, the small window of hope at the top signifies that there is always hope, even in the darkest places. / In the top right hand corner you will find Hands, these are actually a painting of a man’s hands that had just saved a life. We can use our hands for so much good in the world and from small things done by hand, incredble things can be achieved. I also think these hands relate so well to the Homeless man’s hands in the bottom left hand corner and therefore connect the painting. / The green is for boldness – if you look closely at the original artwork you can see the word Boldness written in there, I find green such a difficult colour to work with and it takes extreme boldness for me to paint with green… a step out of a comfort zone! / The bubble looking circle is for Strength… sometimes we take strength for granted. What is strength is all contexts, physical, emotional, spiritual etc…? Like a bubble… perhaps it is my interpretation that strength is a gift and it can exist simultaneously as both tangible and intangible in our personal awareness. Voice is represented with words – written and lifted up… we need to have voices for the poor, the oppressed, the captives, the refugees, the neglected, the abused, the blind, the sick, the forgotten… / The child with questioning eyes represents Faith, she has seen the world for what it really is and she looks to us. Then we have oil, oil for annointing – for mission… but I chose to place a woman in this section who represents the middle east, here is a woman who has seen so much devastation in the world because of oil and money and power and war. / Light is represented by a shadow of us, and just how much darkness we walk in, we need to shine light into that darkness. The Homeless man represents Uncertainty – seems a bit like the odd word out in the list – but I like it… its says so much about what it means to be human in all our brokenness – but we are all connected! It’s about not having all the answers but being able to take notice and to see reality in front of us… may the oppressed go free because we choose to step out and take risks! I think Spirit is pretty self explanitory – but its about us all being in this together for the good of all humankind… this is a crowd that can achieve amazing things together!!! / The last section of the painting represents Feet… Feet of readiness to take us where we need to be… it may be just one step at a time… but we have to start walking and taking action. The Spirit is upon us as you can see linking through every section of the painting. I hope that this has helped you understand the work a little more. Thank you for taking time to read this!
Moonlight Fairy by missmilly

acrylic on canvas 60×90cm
Contemplación by Daniela M. Casalla

“That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something.” / Meredith Monk
the story of a soul by alan sloey(imajica)

oil on canvas 36”x 48”,....this is supposed to be the moment that the child is given a soul,.. / the most silent whisper / alan sloey(imajica) / Author: alan sloey(imajica) / Word Count: 122 / previous browse writing next Time, substance of the soul, all things undiscovered, / A definitive efforvescent spark, a whisper spoken, / A moment of the real, told among infinity,..but, / That moment existed, a reality, truth in being Awful quietness, this world after life’s brilliance, / Inbetween, not quite seen, not quite anywhere, / But being, and moving, maybe,...but knowing, / Needing, and seeding, ideas that are ,...me! Awful, no longer, brightness, a warmth surrounds, / A soft knowing, whats living?,...beyond life’s boundaries / So let it glide,...slide,..towards this true warmth / This true warmth, beyond life, beyond tangible Others around now, soft ones surrounding, / Listeners, to my silent whisper illuminated, / I ,though short breathing, was known, and was the light / i shone ever so brightly, so shortly
Worship by StacyLee

Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness; / tremble before him, all the earth. -Psalm 96:9 Digital mixed Media
Iris - Goddess of Rainbows by fullcirclemandalas

ORIGINAL FOR SALE $400 plus P&H From the original acrylic and mixed media on canvas. Iris is the goddess of rainbows and symbolises hope and beauty. Her presence amongst the passion flowers and butterflies represents freedom from fear; transformation from the mundane and joy in life. The triple moon symbol symbolises the connection with the triple goddess. All images are fully copyrighted, all rights reserved.
The Magic Shop by Maylock

The Magic Shop As the Draconian Dragon wizard merchant Haglepuss haggled over the price of some supplies that witchling needed to get for an adventure she was about to embark on. The young Witch Mezmura was getting more and more aggravated over the merchant Haglepuss’ prices, since her parents only gave her so much for the project. She has to somehow get it into that thick skull of his that she ain’t paying what he wants. So there in lies the rub for that girl, somehow she has to make that cow “squat the toad” in the end, and get the prices she wants. And you know she will!!! ROTFL Thanks for stopping by Y’all…....

Recent Work

Scrabble In The Dark, and The Divination of The Words by Gregory John O'Flaherty

Digital Photograph. Last night, Saturday 11th July 2009, my area was hit by a electricity blackout. My long term neighbour and I sat and played with words. The strange connective sequence of the words seemed interesting. I had first move. Won by 29 with a score of 247. Not bad for an illiterate. The power came back on just before the game finished, or maybe we just didn’t notice. P.S. Dear Scrabble, James’ scrabble tiles are becomming a bit faded, and I lost mine years ago, but still have the board. Hint hint…..
Curse The Darkness by Thomas Dodd

Sometimes it is what is behind us that we need to see… if we are to move ahead safely..
"Mmm, mmm!" by red addiction

Today my James, my girls and I went on a picnic and fishing. As you can see I’m using one of my girl’s barbie fishing poles. I had so much fun!! The fish weren’t biting much, but I ended up catching the biggest Sun fish. Woooohooooo! I caught two fish today. James caught two too. My girls weren’t interested in fishing, so I hogged their poles, hee heee! We had to leave early because my 3 yr old had to go poop. So we had to rush home. I wanted to stay! We are definitely going back.
Serenade To The Rainbow by Erhan OZBIYIK

FOR THE RAINBOW OF MY LIFE / Lydia…. UNTOUCHED BY NIKON D60 18-55mm. and tripod. / (No filter no any other equipment) Lens: 18-55mm F/3,5-5,6G / Focal Length: 18mm / Exposure / Aperture: F/8 / Shutter Speed: 30s / Exposure Mode: Manual / Exposure Comp.: 0EV / Sensitivity: ISO 100 Peter CEtera – Cher / After All
Remembering A Day Long To Be by JOHN WOOD

Work using photoshop using various imge tools and effects to produce this very interesting and siritualy uplifting image….
EQUILIBRIUM by Al Neaimi

90×160 cm canvas. The Fool is looking for a new path, a new aspiration and inspiration for his life. Sitting uncertain at a cross-roads, he notices a blind wise woman listening to two brothers argue over an inheritance. They have come to her for judgment. One brother has the whole inheritance, the other has nothing. “I ask that all of it be given to me,” the poor brother demands, “Not only because I have a better right to it, but because I will not be wasteful with it, as he is!” But the rich brother protests, “It is rightfully mine and that’s all that should matter, not what I do with it!” The woman listens, then awards half of the rich brother’s inheritance to the poor brother. The Fool thinks this only fair, but neither brother is happy. The rich one hates losing half his wealth, and the poor one feels he ought to have gotten all. “You were fair,” he remarks to the woman after they have left. “Yes, I was,” she answers plainly. “With only half the inheritance, the rich one will stop being so wasteful. And the poor one will have as much as he needs. Even though they cannot see it, this decision was good for both.” The Fool thinks on this, and new insight on his own life comes to mind. He realizes that he has spent his life achieving worldly ambitions, physical goods, while leaving his spiritual self to starve, primarily because he didn’t want to make the sacrifices necessary to feed his spiritual self. Now, he sees that this is necessary, the only path he has not walked, one he must walk to regain his equilibrium. Thanking the woman, he heads out with new purpose. It is time to balance his own inner scales,This artwork is also about Karma . This is one of the songs i listened to when i created her. / right click the link below and open it in a new Tap or window. / ESPIRITU by GIORGIA FUMANTI To read more go to this site
THE HIEROPHANT by Al Neaimi

Having created a solid foundation on which to build his future, the Fool is struck with a sudden fear. What if everything he’s worked for is taken away? Is stolen, or lost, or destroyed or vanishes? Or what if it is just not good enough? In a panic, he heads into a holy place where he finds the Hierophant, a wise teacher and holy man. Acolytes kneel before the man, ready to hear and pass on his teachings. The Fool tells the Hierophant his fears, and asks how he can be free of them. “There are only two ways,” says the Hierophant sagely, “Either give up that which you fear to lose so it no longer holds any power over you, or consider what you will still have if your fear comes to pass. After all,” the Hierophant continues, “if you did lose all you’d built, you would still keep the experience and knowledge that you’ve gained up to this point, wouldn’t you?” This surprisingly pragmatic advise releases the Fool from his fear, and he is able exit out of the sanctuary and face the world’s challenges once again. Hierophant appears as a person, he’s likely an old, favored teacher, therapist, counsellor, advisor, sponsor. That young Priest with progressive ideas, or the old Rabbi who was always so down to Earth and fun, or maybe an uncle who always offered such common sense advise. Unfortunately, he can also represent that nasty teacher the Querent is dealing with, the one who refuses to deviate from the text book, or a sour-faced elder who wants to keep the church old fashioned and in the dark ages. Standing for the Querent himself, the Hierophant might well warn against being too stubborn, especially in matters of theology or ethics. It can remind the Querent what it means to be a good, and beloved teacher. In this, the Hierophant can be very positive. When things are going very wrong in the world, the Hierophant is the one who wades in, quiets the panic, and offers good, practical advise. He symbolizes a connection to the divine, which answers with a very human voice, never oblique or mysterious. You know how to solve your problem, this card says; it is not easy, not a quick fix, but it is do-able. The solution is there, you’ve only to bring it down to Earth. / —-—-—-—-—-—-——- / To read more go to this site
windows of the soul by navybrat

just doing something different for a change… / enjoy!! have a great weekend everyone!! © 2009 jokiargu creations / All rights reserved thank you for viewing my heART!!!* *
hope by navybrat

digital painting / model: Grace © 2009 jokiargu creations / All rights reserved thank you for viewing my heART!!!*
House of Dreams by Claudia Alves

Computer Painting ( Painter & PS) What points out Computer Painting is the use of brushes, spatulas, etc… without filters or effects, and that the art is made totally freehand on blank canvas or working on a previous image. / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / . / / . / . / . / . / . / . / .

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