I don't know if I have mentioned that I paint and for over 25 years have pretended to be an artist, not like the real artists but to my ability. I have a problem with thinking outside the box. The box states that the grass is green, the sky is blue and even though I love to mix shadow colors, the color I want to convey always seems to be a neutral color, instead of the color that I see.
In my Sunday class, my teacher had been to "Southern Revival",
that's not exactly a tent revival, but it would be close. The speaker talked about the fact that we live in a place in our minds where we think from A to Z. A to Z are known facts just like the sky is blue and the grass is green. But like art, there is the element that is not considered, and that is outside the box - outside of A to Z. What does that mean? In my mind, I imagine that is where God lives, that is where we find possibility beyond ourselves. It is where faith becomes real. Outside of A to Z is not neutral color. It is color I dare to paint. It is flaming red/orange with blue green shadow. And it is the brightest white of white, pure colorless color.
Man is rigid. He agrees to acknowledge what is inside of the box.
He fails to see past its defined space.....before A and after Z. I want to initiate the conversation, begin the thought process so that the facts are questioned and the dreams become possibilities, wherein lies my faith.
