Pictures!

I've recently posted a bunch of new picture albums on Picasa . I know some of you have asked for various sets of pictures, and I'd love to share 'em with you...

Mom's Weekend, U of I
Petals and Paintings exhibit
@ Krannert Art Museum














Various regional artists pick out a painting at the museum and create a floral design display to represent that piece of artwork. It's one of my favorite things to go to each year. Meditated Perspective. Screaming Emotion. Simple Brilliance.

Very Inspiring.


A Walk Around Campus,
Everyday Art














Sometimes I just need to escape checklists, chores and Google. So I art. (yeah, I used that as a verb). Detoxing from busyness, I floated around campus and let the lens flutter. Finding purposeful beauty in the ordinary-walk-past-it-all-the-time helps me to sigh, and smile that God built the stage and painted the set Himself for my self-starring melodramatic play.



IlliniLife Semi-Formal
@ the Union

Life Lesson #329: Music will make or break you. Never start a dance with YMCA, the Hokey-Pokey or a Conga line ... unless intentions include sabotage.



....... That's all I have to say about that.



Keller Williams Concert
@ the Canopy Club













So I'm finding a trend of artists who have a band-sound, but really its one guy who plays all the instruments, records them, and then loops them ... Live. What? Yeah, it's pretty amazing. This was probably the best concert I've been to. The whole place had a great funky vibe from the artist, to the music, to the audience, to my dates. So fun.

happy Easter

How deep the Father's love for us
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the Chosen One
Bring many sons to glory

Behold the man upon a cross
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed I hear my mocking voice
Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished

I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom

Lyrics written by Stuart Townend

"Little One" Jay Bryant Ward Studios