Schelomo

Towards understanding the greatness . . .

and the times. That we needn't repeat the folly of mankind, perhaps best
by appreciating the joys of true greatness . . . and that in our very midst.

 I begin to fractionally awaken to the meaning of artistic
suffering as part of life and death as only Rostropovich could teach it. Now i get it - somewhat.
I feel a better person for it but I am not sure what it is.

FINE ARTS MINISTRY

Sunday May 28 we joined together in WR-Hall for fun easy ways to fulfill our God given passion for joy in the Spirit. Some supplies and imagery were provided and some brought their own. Calligraphy pens are great! Illumination and scrollwork were used to embellish and adorn the Holy Texts, especially before the Gutenberg Press mid-15th century. Depicting the content helped people connect their emotional, intellectual and spiritual response to the Word.
"The new is in the old concealed; the old is in the new revealed," said St. Augustine. We explored the same excitement from antiquity or modern work through realism, design, the drawing of what you see or imagine, or simple pattern. In this workshop we learned how to trace, enlarge or reduce the size of imagery with an 8 x 10” photo copy to work from. Feel free to merely glean the useful information. All are welcome!

Drooling. Save your wax crayons, please for that day!

https://youtu.be/EKmOeJb3ues
Encaustic experiments! Wow. 
I so want to do some portrait transfers in here somewhere.

Please visit Cheryl Bower's new blog:

http://artandheaven.com/the-strife-is-oer/

Great news about "Easter". The eggs are back!!!

Happy Easter! Oh my goodness!

The Bible does not need to be rewritten,
                           but, it needs to be reread.

IS EASTER A PAGAN HOLIDAY?
In Jewish Culture and History by Ewelina Drela April 16, 2017  
A post by Dr. Faydra Shapiro and Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg

There are a growing number of Christians that think that the “Easter” is rooted in pagan Babylonian tradition. One of the basic assumptions is that the name “Easter” is but a Christian remake of “Ishtar”, a Babylonian goddess. Even though the words sound similar, they have no etymological connection. The English word “Easter” comes from the Proto-Germanic “austron”, which means “sunrise” – arguably a fitting name for the “rising from the dead”.

What is more important, however, is that outside of the English-speaking world (and that is a majority of Christians!) “Easter” is known by its proper name “Pascha”. Pascha is an Aramaic synonym of the Hebrew Pesach, which means “Passover”.

During this feast, a traditional Christian celebrates the work of Christ’s redemption, believing that only in His resurrection is God’s forgiveness truly sealed. Because of Jesus’ resurrection the wrath of God passes over the heads of believers just as the Angel of Death passed over Israelite homes marked by the blood of the lamb.

An average, English-speaking Christian, however, fails to see the direct connection between “Easter/Pascha” and “Passover/Pesach”. Most of the rituals and customs appear different and – just to make sure that no one connects (and therefore confuses) the two – it was decided at Council of Nicea (325 CE) that the feast of Easter/Pascha is to be celebrated according to a separate dating, and not on the 14th of Nissan as it was originally decreed in the Torah of Moses.

Is Easter a Pagan holiday? No. In fact, it is fundamentally a biblical holiday, but one that has been robbed of its true Jewish character and taken out of its original Israelite setting.

Another Bob Blast - he's terrific!

Painting tricks for the studio.

Collage dried pallet, peeled from heavy plastic.
Use discarded matts to sharpen the view of the work, etc.