currently craving: sun & lake calhoun
currently, currently: hgtv
something pretty neat is happening soon in my life, and i would like to invite friends and art-lovers alike to my senior thesis art show on may 6th! me, along with about 24 other seniors, will be presenting at the thorp building in NE minneapolis during art-a-whirl throughout may. its a new experience, thinking about the things i create going into a gallery. ideally, i wouldn't put them on a white wall, or a pedestal; i'd rather see them in people's hands, in a hallway, on a t-shirt. maybe that is glorified too, who knows, but i like to see them being touched interacted with. this is my third group show, and its definitely a different approach to design.
senioritis. i think it is safe to say, i may have come down with a case. even now, i'm stealing glances out of the corner of my eye to my window, where its all sun and birds and breezes. i have less than 2 months left, and i'm already somewhere else in my mind. on another note, i'm working on the marketing for the last official coffeehouse in the underground. its called "the gathering," and they're having couches on stage, with a group of performing artists all sitting together playing for the audience. i'm really excited to create a design that will draw people to this relaxed atmosphere....and free coffee :)
these are some of my latest inspirations. i really love the pink design, and the packaging design of "lintar," a croatian brand of olive oil, which was designed by tridvajedan - you can check out their site here. the bottles are all handpainted on brown glass. i really like this "brachia"design of theirs too, but i can only guess that it is some kind of soap...their site is written in all croatian?
yum. something on my brain lately. in the mornings i have been reading the book "my utmost for his highest," and the phrase "intercession" and "interceding" has come up several times. i know what it means, and i understand the concept, but i can not remember the last time someone actually talked about it, or even the last time i heard it at church or in any other book. intercessory prayer is the act of praying on behalf of others. Christ is pictured in the NT as the ultimate intercessor, because our prayers are offered to God through Christ, and because of this meditation, we can intercede in prayer on behalf of others. one thing i am struggling with: is all prayer intercessory prayer if it is for someone else? does intercessory prayer have benefits beyond that of "regular" prayer? "For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" 1Tim 2:5. i come to God very much as a best friend, and usually speak to him without structure or formality. one thing i think i have never before considered, is that i can only do this because of Jesus' death & resurrection; before he shed his blood on my behalf, i would never have been allowed to do so without sacrifice, as in the OT. i take this for granted 99.9% of the time. honestly, i have screamed, thrown tantrums, asked for things thinking i deserved them, and knowingly sinned without remorse to Him throughout prayer. wow. i know i am not alone. in order to be effective standing "between" a righteous God and sinful man, we must first stand before God to develop the intimacy required to fulfill this role. numbers 14 is a great example where Moses developed the depth of communication i desire!!
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