A Time For Old Books
Last night Rose and I went dumpster diving and came home with our back packs heavy. The coolest thing was finding a bag full of toliet paper. We were down to our last role. It feels like God is leading us in his mysterious ways these days. This collage cantains some of the elements that have been pulled out of dumpsters. To me, making art out of what has been discarded is a powerful message of redemption. After all isn’t that what God has done for us, retrieve us from the trash pile and put us beside him in front of his father’s throne? Brenda and I will be included in a show at Buckham Gallery in Flint MI which is a alternative space much like UICA here in Grand Rapids. We will be showing pieces like this which we are making together. It is difficult to work together like this but also very exciting to let go of some of the control and allow another person to take the steering wheel artistically. Please say a prayer for us that we will be able to have God speak through us in this work and touch people in a fresh way; perhaps even open up some hearts and eyes. Thank you.
January 22nd, 2007 at 12:56 pm
your work on the collage made me think of filmmaking. there is a daily loss of control involved in filmmaking (or collaboration), which can be freeing as well as nerve-wracking. recently i’ve been taking pictures again. this creative expression has allowed me to formulate ideas to pitch to directors that i am working with. i like working with someone, because there is always the opportunity for them to make the work better than i could have imagined. it is also comforting to have the still photography, which doesn’t need to be shared with anyone.