The most basic truth of art is that we create because we’re made in God’s image. It might also be the most controversial.
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Scarecrow, by Connell Patrick Byrne
Connell is a visionary artist.
This painting, Scarecrow, is acrylic on canvas, 11×46.
Here are Connell’s thoughts on this painting…
“Discarded scarecrow hung on heavy timber, regaled in wind-torn garment and crimson shawl. A pork-pie crown to mock the king.
The dried-up crop of human bondage hemmed in by a thick black wire as storm-clouds fill the wide horizons.
A field of corn, dried up, dead, vanishing in the distance.
It is my life, my heart; a prisoner hemmed in by the barbs of my own guilt. And there is God, not outside and far off. Calling for me to heal myself.
But this scarecrow God, incarnate in flesh, joins me in this field of pain even to the point of death! Glory dressed in rags, bringing new life and a beating heart. Tearing down my fence of sin, giving strength for the storm to come.”
For more of the Connell Patrick Byrne experience visit his galleries at pbase.
Heart of the Matter, by Bill Vencil
Here’s a guitar piece from Bill Vencil. He’s playing a Lowden O35, tuned to CGDGAD.
Bill says, “The song developed as I created a series of improvisations around what became the opening rhythmic motif of the song. While this was going on, I kept thinking about how I am so often unwilling to be totally honest with others, God and myself. Unwilling to get to the heart of the matter, as it were. In addition, the Catholic and Anglican concept of the Sacred Heart of Jesus kept intertwining itself in the proceedings. A graphic representation of Christ’s love. The true Heart of the matter.”