One of the things I wanted to post about last week was the cancellation of the Blogger Small Group. Kyle over at Runnin’ Like a Vagabond felt led to stop hosting it. I’ll be honest, the way last week went, I was kind of glad that I had a legitimate excuse to stop doing those posts. But this week, THIS WEEK, I would really like to go back and at least finish the book of Romans. It’s so rich and so deep…I think it would be a good thing for my spirit right about now. And barring the spiritual meter, it makes good blog material! So between me and you, gentle reader, it’s a win-win! I’m not going to host, but if any of the other participants want to leave a comment on my posts with linkage to any that they have done since the cancellation…that’s cool. OR HEY, if one of the other BSGers took up the mantle and I missed it? Ya’ll give me a shout out, ok?
Have you seen The Dark Knight? I did. I have to say, Mary over at A Room of Mama’s Own has a pretty good breakdown on the recovery themes of the movie so go check that out. I was way too floored by Mr. Ledger to think that deeply. Dude rocked that role and MADE that movie,for me anyway. The fact that he’s gone still doesn’t really compute when seeing him on screen like that. You can tell that he loved being the Joker. If I were to have one complaint about the film, it would be whatever effect they put on Christian Bale’s voice when he is Batman. When Batman was speaking, calmly or quietly…no problem. Angry-Batman-Voice does the same thing to me as Whining-Toddler-Voice. That is to say, it amps me up. If I listen to it long enough, it tips me right over the edge.
Pulaski County High School Class of 1988! Listen up! I’m so sorry I couldn’t make it Saturday to the BBQ at the lake. I loved how someone took initiative to thumb their noses at the 90 dollar a head affair going on wherever that was…No way I could afford to do that, and even if I could I wouldn’t have paid that for a ticket to a “cocktail attire only” event (Prom, anyone?). But you, the brilliant hundred (two hundred? three hundred?) or so who gathered…I missed you. Especially those of you who are now permanent out of towners…I hate that a hard week, and previous plans (I heard last minute) got in the way of seeing you.
And finally, I just wanted to include a painting or two that I’ve finished. One of things I discovered by doing these is that there is a certain way I load a brush, then do the stroke that actually…literally…alleviates the heaviness I carry around. It makes me happy. I love to do these paintings because if I repeat that process over and over again and it results in something nice to gaze upon that is a double-happy. Sadly, I cannot paint 24 hours a day, nor would I want to because that would make me too accustomed to the double-happy and I know I would probably take it for granted.
This is a watercolor and ink on paper, and I did it for KK, with her in mind.
Another watercolor and ink on paper. This is the one where I started paying very close attention to how I felt as I painted.
Tomorrow I am back with Romans!
One of the things I wanted to post about last week was the cancellation of the Blogger Small Group. Kyle over at Runnin’ Like a Vagabond felt led to stop hosting it. I’ll be honest, the way last week went, I was kind of glad that I had a legitimate excuse to stop doing those posts. But this week, THIS WEEK, I would really like to go back and at least finish the book of Romans. It’s so rich and so deep…I think it would be a good thing for my spirit right about now. And barring the spiritual meter, it makes good blog material! So between me and you, gentle reader, it’s a win-win! I’m not going to host, but if any of the other participants want to leave a comment on my posts with linkage to any that they have done since the cancellation…that’s cool. OR HEY, if one of the other BSGers took up the mantle and I missed it? Ya’ll give me a shout out, ok?
Have you seen The Dark Knight? I did. I have to say, Mary over at A Room of Mama’s Own has a pretty good breakdown on the recovery themes of the movie so go check that out. I was way too floored by Mr. Ledger to think that deeply. Dude rocked that role and MADE that movie,for me anyway. The fact that he’s gone still doesn’t really compute when seeing him on screen like that. You can tell that he loved being the Joker. If I were to have one complaint about the film, it would be whatever effect they put on Christian Bale’s voice when he is Batman. When Batman was speaking, calmly or quietly…no problem. Angry-Batman-Voice does the same thing to me as Whining-Toddler-Voice. That is to say, it amps me up. If I listen to it long enough, it tips me right over the edge.
Pulaski County High School Class of 1988! Listen up! I’m so sorry I couldn’t make it Saturday to the BBQ at the lake. I loved how someone took initiative to thumb their noses at the 90 dollar a head affair going on wherever that was…No way I could afford to do that, and even if I could I wouldn’t have paid that for a ticket to a “cocktail attire only” event (Prom, anyone?). But you, the brilliant hundred (two hundred? three hundred?) or so who gathered…I missed you. Especially those of you who are now permanent out of towners…I hate that a hard week, and previous plans (I heard last minute) got in the way of seeing you.
And finally, I just wanted to include a painting or two that I’ve finished. One of things I discovered by doing these is that there is a certain way I load a brush, then do the stroke that actually…literally…alleviates the heaviness I carry around. It makes me happy. I love to do these paintings because if I repeat that process over and over again and it results in something nice to gaze upon that is a double-happy. Sadly, I cannot paint 24 hours a day, nor would I want to because that would make me too accustomed to the double-happy and I know I would probably take it for granted.
This is a watercolor and ink on paper, and I did it for KK, with her in mind.
Another watercolor and ink on paper. This is the one where I started paying very close attention to how I felt as I painted.
Tomorrow I am back with Romans!