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Hear My Voice: May 20, 2019

5/20/2019

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"Pray Without Ceasing"
Acrylic on Gessobord with 3/4" birch sides 12" x 12"
Wired to hang.


People speak about prayer from different perspectives. I remember feeling very uncomfortable with it in my teens and early twenties. It lined up with my own questions, doubts and wrestling with who this God is. Everyone has their own stories that color if they can even equate the notion of a Greater Power with the word God. Sometimes they use the word Universe or Light. Different languages and religions have different names for this Greater Power. Yahweh, Allah, and God are all names we've assigned to help our understanding. of something beyond ourselves. None of these names are adequate, because the Great Mystery is beyond our comprehension. I've come to learn and appreciate that some people experience God in nature, a newborn baby or in the beauty of music, poetry or art. I've also come to appreciate that prayer, sometimes formal, sometimes informal, is a conversation, a connection to that which we cannot fully understand but that we trust is behind, underneath and in front of all that exists.

This painting is an illustration of prayers for morning, noon and night in the Hear My Voice: Prison Prayer Book, Pray Without Ceasing. Is your life a prayer? Um, yeah, I don't feel like mine is...but I wonder what it would be like if I prayed without ceasing. Seems impractical and impossible. But what if we were more mindful of God throughout our day? What if we expressed gratitude daily? Would it change how we see and act in the world? My husband and I have started a gratitude bowl. I cut small pieces of paper and left some pens by this bowl. When I see it on the dining room table, I stop a moment and write something down, fold it and throw it in the bowl. It's a tangible reminder to give thanks. I've not run out of things yet! This painting, too, is a reminder of a mindfulness and awareness to connect with God and each other throughout the day, however you speak of this Love which surrounds us and is in us.


"Pray Without Ceasing" is part of "Hear My Voice: A Prison Prayer Book" which will launch in August at the ELCA's Churchwide Gathering. Here's a link: ://go.augsburgfortress.org/hear-my-voice-a-prison-prayer-book.

* This painting is available for purchase at $250. Email me at RobynSandAnderson@gmail.com if interested. I will be posting more. This painting has SOLD.

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Hear My Voice: May 9, 2019

5/9/2019

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"Light for a Weary World"
Acrylic on Gessobord with 3/4" Birch Sides
Ready to hang.
12 x 12"

A large dose of light would be good about now. Sometimes coming up with titles for a painting is the most difficult part for me and often, I will change it several times as I see new things in it. The title for this painting was given by Augsburg Fortress Press, who commissioned this painting along with 15 others for a prayer book specifically for incarcerated people, but I believe we all have our own prisons.  I found the title Augsburg Fortress gave this one was both strong and poignant. Maybe it is because I am feeling particularly weary, personally and as I read the news. How does one find hope when feeling pummeled by forces beyond one's control? This painting together with the title breaks through the darkness that holds us...a poignant reminder that our stories are not the last word. That there is a Story that is beyond us and out in front of us, drawing us toward a Light that breaks through darkness. That is good news!

"Light for a Weary World" is part of "Hear My Voice: A Prison Prayer Book" which will launch in August at the ELCA's Churchwide Gathering. Here's a link: ://go.augsburgfortress.org/hear-my-voice-a-prison-prayer-book.

* This painting is available for purchase at $250. Email me at RobynSandAnderson@gmail.com if interested. I will be posting more every Friday. This painting has SOLD.
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An Invitation to Mt. Olive Exhibit on May 10 - June 12, 2019

5/8/2019

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The Gospel Freed
24" x 36"
Acrylic on Gessobord with 2" Birch Sides

An invitation to my art reception and exhibit of 27 paintings at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church Gallery, Friday May 10 at 6:00pm, 3045 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN. Stay for a Hymn Festival honoring Paul Manz at 7:30 with reception after.
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Hear My Voice: May 3, 2019

5/3/2019

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"In Death There Is Yet Life"
Acrylic on 12x12" Gessobord with 3/4" Birch Sides

My husband grew up on a farm. When we are driving he likes to point out what is happening in the fields, like "look kids! open soil!" when it first peeks out from under snow (family joke). I don't mind, because both of my parents and grandparents grew up on farms, so it is in my blood. I have a great respect and empathy for farmers. I think I love the four seasons, because we get the great contrast of spring after a long hard winter. I'm always amazed that from what appears to be dead, new life springs up. We take it for granted, but think about it. It is really incredible that out of a dark, hard seed in the ground a sprout of green breaks through the dirt. It grows with water and sun. Sometimes it produces food that we can eat and sometimes beauty that we can treasure. It is a miracle, truly! And it does it year after year! I am struck in my own life, how God has created good from some really hard things. Sometimes in a big way, but usually in  small gradual ways. From death to life. From darkness, light. It is an amazing thing!

"In Death There Is Yet Life" is part of "Hear My Voice: A Prison Prayer Book" which will launch in August at the ELCA's Churchwide Gathering. Here's a link: ://go.augsburgfortress.org/hear-my-voice-a-prison-prayer-book.

* This painting is available for purchase at $250. Email me at RobynSandAnderson@gmail.com if interested. I will be posting more every Friday. This painting has SOLD.
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