by Prasanta | Oct 9, 2017 | 31 Days, Art
Y’all! I’m having so much fun with this layout app which takes pictures and rearranges them in unique ways. Yesterday’s prompt was “crooked” (yes, I’m a day late – I was traveling over the weekend and was driving back...
by Prasanta | Oct 6, 2017 | 31 Days, Art, Uncategorized
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 Two-Edged Sword Etymology (from...
by Prasanta | Oct 5, 2017 | 31 Days, Art
Here is a quick drawing for day #5. The prompt is “long”. I’m not satisfied with these either… but here they are. I did two because I was trying to correct something. But, there is no more time for any more re-dos, so this is all...
by Prasanta | Oct 4, 2017 | 31 Days, Art
Day Four’s Theme for Inktober is “Underwater”. I used an app to create mirror images of the drawing. The drawing is all on a single page. I think the mirror image turned out pretty cool. I like it. And yeah… that’s loose leaf...
by Prasanta | Oct 3, 2017 | 31 Days, Art
Last year, I wrote a post every day in October. It was a series on communication, which can be found by clicking here. There are many prompts available online for writing during this month. I made up my own series last year. If you feel stuck in a rut or not motivated...
by Prasanta | Jul 17, 2017 | Art, Painting, Quotes, Summer
“I must have flowers, always, and always.” ― Claude Monet “A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in–what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.”― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables “Flowers always make people...
by Prasanta | Apr 7, 2017 | Art, Beauty, Brokenness, Friendship, Healing
The Japanese have a method of repairing cracked ceramics or pottery by filling in the broken areas with gold, silver, or platinum in a process called “kintsugi”. Here is what I found online about kintsugi: “The philosophy behind the technique is to...
by Prasanta | Feb 14, 2017 | Art, Beauty, Brokenness, Christianity, God's love, Jesus, Life, Loss
I wrote about Armando Valladares last week, and surprisingly, a few days ago, I found out my son had read his book, Against All Hope, a couple of years ago. My son was practicing an intro for one of his speeches, I was listening/critiquing, and I was surprised to hear...
by Prasanta | Dec 24, 2016 | Art, Jesus, Promises
God makes a promise in Genesis after Adam and Eve sin: And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. ~ Genesis 3:15 The promise spoken...
by Prasanta | May 10, 2016 | Art, Creativity, Inspiration, Writing
Julia Cameron, in her book The Artist’s Way, advocates taking a weekly “artist date”. What is an artist date? She explains: “The Artist Date is a once-weekly, festive, solo expedition to explore something that interests you. The Artist Date...
