White Shoulders

Billow

He makes the clouds His chariot, He rides on the wings of the wind.  Psalm 104

The Possible

I saw as it were, a flash of color... then everything went black and white...

Take 6

Take 6: The Dahlia Sessions

Dahlias clearly have a visible symmetry, and a recognizable pattern, but they achieve their look with lots of play and flourish.  The landscape inside the head is a riot of line odd French Curve counterpoint.


God was good to make the Dahlia... and if not that, to make the man who made the Dahlia from something else.


More: From the Dahlia Sessions.

Layers

Before there was the Sydney Opera House.

What do you see?

Things I see:   A Wood Duck without a bill, an Angry Bird, the pod that ate the city... and the Glory of God.

So what do you see...


A later version.  12 noon v 7:30 AM.  "Angry Bird" more pronounced.  Once you see it it will crack you up!

Paint Chart

Then God, having made the very colorful cone-head said, 

let us bless humanity by putting cones in their eyes.

Dally

Dinner Plate "Dally"  Dahlias

(From the grounds of the Arkansas State Capitol)

On the third day, God, having given the world many good plants and presents, tied the ribbon.

An abundance of Rain.

Rain can ruin your weekend

Or rain can spare your life 
Depending on who you are 

and what your thirst is like

Mark Heard.  From the song "Some Folks World"

By contrast to last year, we are living in a virtual ocean.  Last year in Arkansas the landscape looked like a post apocalyptic graveyard.  This year, God has been good to our land through healing rains.

And then the flowers crashed into the ground like streamers.

Where it started:

This is one of those ideas that didn't take on the form I envisioned.  Major problem, my lens kept fogging, after leaving a cool but dry environment, or a wet and hot.  And then I could not put a second flash out in the rain to give the high-light illumination I crave.

The rains came late, Part 2

The Rains Came Late

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. (Isaiah 44:3)

Driiiiiip

Everywhere I look I see such incredible math.

 fascinating to think of all the physical forces that are behind this rhythm. I know there are a bunch of fancy words to describe each factor, but at a glance I see gravity, flow, cohesion, surface tension etc, all in perfect concert to make a liquid "snow man."


Then there is that stuff of optics.

(Image by Kirk Jordan, from the Archives.)

Soft Opening

He makes the clouds His chariot; He rides on the wings of the wind.  
David, Psalm 104



Consider this a "soft opening" for a new chapter in the life of the Mighty Works Project.  I hope to start with routine posting... starting right now.  Lord Willing.

Hot of the press.  Image taken just moments before posting, 7/31/13


Photo Buff Stuff:  This images consists of two frames taken in immediate sequence.  It was simply impossible to focus on both the clouds and the leaves at the same time, so I took one picture of each element in focus,  then blent the two in Photoshop.