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Studio Wall: Remembering Tensions of Faith
"Most of you don't see how messy things get beneath the surface, but I do. I know my creation, and its process of becoming is beautiful." --Anonymous.
When I begin a painting I have no idea where it is going. Thomas Merton's prayer lends itself as an insightful reference:
"My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going, I do not see the road ahead of me, I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore, I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. Amen."
