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Golf Portrait

Golf Portrait

Look dad, I did it! As my very first friend once told me, "Rob, there are two kinds of people: boaters and golfers."   Well here are a couple golfers.  This was a particularly meaningful portrait for me, as it expresses a father's love for his son.  I enjoy a bit of...

The God Factor

Most theologies would support that God is more about how things are connected than in how the are separate.    Drawing is a celebration of the connections between forms.   Therefore, these connections might be thought 0f as a celebration of God; the more connections,...

Beauty

Beauty

As I approach the first anniversary of y marriage to Cate (June 1),  I am re-sharing the poem I wrote soon after we reconnected.  In that moment, I realized I'd found the love of my life.   I pray for all who long for love to know it's waiting for you too, if you are...

Psalm

PSALM Opening my eyes to the God I see in you, I see myself being seen in loving praise of all that is. Now, dear other, cry for the children without the words to plea, the savvy to endure, the tenacity to wait, unprotected by the healthy boundaries those of us,...

Dear Bully, Yeah You (Me)

Dear Bully, yeah you (me), I can see you don't go around pushing people, insulting them, sticking their hair in inkwells, that sort of thing. But you do single people out.  You find something you don't like about them.  You may not even know exactly what it is, but...

Hoping is the Great Curse

"Hoping is the great curse"  Beethoven, from 33 Variations Keeping dreams alive that can never be is a form of insanity.  This flies in the face of those who have bought into The American Dream and other delusions fed to us by those who desire to control us. Better to...

Beethoven and God

In answer to Schindler's question about the Opus 31, No. 2, Beethoven replied, "Read Shakespeare's Tempest." Much is said about listening to your inner voice and soul, which is all well and good.  But first you have to connect your inner voice and soul with others. ...

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