Abstract Art
I like abstract art. I have several original works on the walls in my house that are all very abstract. Many people have looked at them and asked questions like: "What is it?" or "What am I supposed to see in there?" or "Does that have a hidden meaning?" I'm sure some people have looked at them and wondered what was wrong with me for buying them and hanging them! However, I find abstract art intriguing because it is colorful and emotional and passionate and it expresses the artist's personality in a very unique way while causing my imagination to stir and energize.
Abstract art is technically non-objective although sometimes it is an allusion of an object, capturing the nature of something without completely defining its external appearance. Non-objective art has been around for centuries and sometimes the art piece itself is seen as an object to be explored and contemplated. Sometimes it is viewed as random and careless but the history of great abstract art reveals that the artists were all very aware of every application of color to the canvas and had planned and dreamed and thought the completed piece through long before beginning the work.
I think I like abstract art because I feel like it is an appropriate way to describe my own life. I am undefinable, sometimes random, and colorful, emotional, passionate, while reflecting my Creator's personality in a very unique way. He planned and dreamed and thought the completed Amy through long before beginning the work that is my life. He is very aware of every application of color to my canvas. Yet many look at me and ask questions like: "What is it?" or "What am I supposed to see in there?" or "Does that have a hidden meaning?" And when they do, I'm sure He smiles as He adds another stroke or drip or swirl to my canvas.
The most beautiful thing about being His abstract art work is that I can be secure in my abstractness and know He thinks I am beautiful. And I am unique and there is no other painting like me and never will be. And I don't wish to be objective or neoclassic or impressionist or academic. Those are His works in someone else. I am abstract. So I don't have to wonder why there are blobs of dark paint or sudden splashes of bright paint or why parts of the canvas are still blank. And I will worship and praise Him as He paints for I trust that He is creating a great work that He desires to explore and contemplate for all of eternity. Psalm 45:11 describes what He thinks of His Amy painting like this: The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord.
If you read my last blog (Have You Seen Him?) you'll know that no one has seen God in all of His fullness as the Trinity - Father, Son and Spirit in One - and yet we have seen Him in various ways as the parts of the whole. But I can't help imagining what God really looks like... What kind of art would He be?
I imagine that if the Trinity were a painting that was being uncovered just for me, God would be a breath-taking, jaw-dropping, tear-drawing, mind-boggling, amazingly beautiful abstract work. And I would never be able to walk away from it or divert my gaze from it and I would never get finished exploring and contemplating every brush stroke. And every bit of it would be a new revelation of Him. Once the drop cloth was pulled away and the painting revealed, I would spend the rest of my life riveted on it. Hmmmm.... Maybe I already am.
I like abstract art.
Amy
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. Psalm 27:4
Visit www.blog.amyharvison.com and www.amyharvison.com for more of my abstract revelations of Him.
Abstract art is technically non-objective although sometimes it is an allusion of an object, capturing the nature of something without completely defining its external appearance. Non-objective art has been around for centuries and sometimes the art piece itself is seen as an object to be explored and contemplated. Sometimes it is viewed as random and careless but the history of great abstract art reveals that the artists were all very aware of every application of color to the canvas and had planned and dreamed and thought the completed piece through long before beginning the work.
I think I like abstract art because I feel like it is an appropriate way to describe my own life. I am undefinable, sometimes random, and colorful, emotional, passionate, while reflecting my Creator's personality in a very unique way. He planned and dreamed and thought the completed Amy through long before beginning the work that is my life. He is very aware of every application of color to my canvas. Yet many look at me and ask questions like: "What is it?" or "What am I supposed to see in there?" or "Does that have a hidden meaning?" And when they do, I'm sure He smiles as He adds another stroke or drip or swirl to my canvas.
The most beautiful thing about being His abstract art work is that I can be secure in my abstractness and know He thinks I am beautiful. And I am unique and there is no other painting like me and never will be. And I don't wish to be objective or neoclassic or impressionist or academic. Those are His works in someone else. I am abstract. So I don't have to wonder why there are blobs of dark paint or sudden splashes of bright paint or why parts of the canvas are still blank. And I will worship and praise Him as He paints for I trust that He is creating a great work that He desires to explore and contemplate for all of eternity. Psalm 45:11 describes what He thinks of His Amy painting like this: The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord.
If you read my last blog (Have You Seen Him?) you'll know that no one has seen God in all of His fullness as the Trinity - Father, Son and Spirit in One - and yet we have seen Him in various ways as the parts of the whole. But I can't help imagining what God really looks like... What kind of art would He be?
I imagine that if the Trinity were a painting that was being uncovered just for me, God would be a breath-taking, jaw-dropping, tear-drawing, mind-boggling, amazingly beautiful abstract work. And I would never be able to walk away from it or divert my gaze from it and I would never get finished exploring and contemplating every brush stroke. And every bit of it would be a new revelation of Him. Once the drop cloth was pulled away and the painting revealed, I would spend the rest of my life riveted on it. Hmmmm.... Maybe I already am.
I like abstract art.
Amy
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. Psalm 27:4
Visit www.blog.amyharvison.com and www.amyharvison.com for more of my abstract revelations of Him.
I celebrate Father's handiwork and skill in you. Thank you for helping cast my gaze on him, seeing him in new ways. - W.
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Any time, W. I love watching you celebrate Him!!
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I'm glad He sees the finished work! Thank you for sharing your heart.
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Me, too! Bless you.
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