Sorry, This is not going to be one of those light and fun editions about where and how I got my latest images. It's a peek into the artist and how I look at life, thus, how I look at creating art.
As much as possible I try to live my life one day at a time. That doesn't mean that I don't plan for things — God is ultimately in control, so I'll work at what I feel called to do and plan what I feel called to plan, but I try and hold my work and plans loosely because who knows what God will do or what evil will do to change everything.
Evil — who wants to talk about evil?
Many people get stuck on why God allows evil. My perspective is, God didn't want to create robots so he gave humankind the option of allowing evil and humankind foolishly invited evil into the world — It's not what God wanted. Because evil is so insidious and pervasive, by all rights, the world should be a total mess all the time. So for me the question is not, why does God allow evil — humankind did that. My question is, with evil being so insidious and pervasive, why is there anything beautiful and good in this world? So when I see beauty and kindness I see grace. I see God saying, I'm going to give you a beautiful gift even though humankind doesn't deserve it.
So all those images of flowers and trees and streams and dunes — they're all gifts, and gifts I don't deserve. Everyday I play with images is Christmas.
