Good morning…
“Nature, at a glance, is random and chaotic,” my artist friend Corinne Adams wrote in her email. “Yet underlying this apparently disordered and complex system are intricate patterns, interconnected relationships, bold repetitions and a system of self-organization.”
“I am called into nature,” she explains, “first, to observe what is there and to invite it to speak to me in form, texture, color and spirit. My practice is meditational as I choose and place the natural elements at hand into new compositions that offer a still point to the chaos.”
“One conversation morphs into the next as I arrange and rearrange leaves, bark, branches, moss, cones, flowers, sand, vines, rocks and berries to dialogue with each other in new and unexpected ways,” she continues. “I use multiple cameras and perspectives to guide me to my destination. It gives me joy that the work is ephemeral – here, in this place and time, for only a moment. The wind blows, the rain falls, the waters flow, the days pass, and the conversation ends. Then, a new one begins.”
“My process is a personal metaphor for navigating my life during this season of pandemic and intense social and political unrest,” concludes Corinne. “I remember what grounding and order once felt like, examine and embrace the disorder at hand, and use my creative spirit to chart a new order in which I can nurture myself and connect to others in a meaningful way. It feels like hope.”
Scrolling through the images, I also feel hope. Our hope lies in the living Lord who is charting a new order, creating within and among us fresh patterns of peace, and offering us a calm still point amid the world’s chaos.
Honor Christ and let him be the Lord of your life.
Always be ready to give an answer when someone asks you about your hope (1 Peter 3:15, CEV).
…Sue…
P.S. Thank you, Corinne, for freely sharing your inspired insights and fun photos.
