Randy Elrod's Blog, page 57
March 1, 2013
My Skylights – What Are Yours?
The Skylight
You were the one for skylights. I opposed
Cutting into the seasoned tongue-and-groove
Of pitch pine. I liked it low and closed,
Its claustrophobic, nest-up-in-the-roof
Effect. I liked the snuff-dry feeling,
The perfect, trunk-lid fit of the old ceiling.
Under there, it was all hutch and hatch.
The blue slates kept the heat like midnight thatch.
But when the slates came off, extravagant
Sky entered and held surprise wide open.
For days I felt like an inhabitant
Of that house where the man si...
February 25, 2013
“Delusion” — My Latest Watercolor
12″ x 16″ Original Watercolor and Graphite on handmade paper
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“An untempted person cannot boast of his goodness.”
—Randy Elrod
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February 24, 2013
Reasons I’m Thankful Today
When one goes through any type of suffering, choices must be made.
We choose either to walk a journey of self absorption or to walk a journey of thankfulness.
On the first mile of running yesterday, I realized my mind was consumed with thoughts of bitterness, anger and questions of why. I literally stopped in my tracks.
And shouted out loud, “No!, I will not continue to let these thoughts consume me. I choose to be thankful.”As tears came, I screamed it louder, “I CHOOSE TO BE THANKFUL.”
Here a...
February 17, 2013
Spring — My Latest Watercolor
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“No one can taste the fruits of autumn while delighting their scent with the flowers of spring.”
—Samuel Johnson
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February 15, 2013
The Fine Line Between Carpe Diem and Who Gives A $#*! — A re:create 2013 Recap
Inevitably each year at re:create, a beautiful painting emerges.
This phenomenon has recurred for the past thirteen years.
Refreshment, encouragement, and diffusion of ideas always stand out as the primary colors of our gathering, but it’s the pattern that emerges and surprises us, that ties the composition together and provides what Aquinas, and later Joyce, calls claritas.
To wax philosophical for a moment, claritas is the quidditas of re:create.
And I suppose that’s what this post is all abo...
February 4, 2013
Just What Is The re:create Conference All About?
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[image error]“Just what is the re:create Conference all about?”
“What are the reasons you started it?
“Why another conference? Why re:create?”
“What do you want people to walk away with?”
These unexpected but timely questions came at lunch yesterday from (of all people) Melissa Greene, a long-time friend and mentee (22 years), who now serves as the re:create experience director.
I could not help but think, if Melissa needs these questions clarified, EVERYONE needs clarification.
Over 20 years ago, while servi...
February 2, 2013
“Letters From A Devastated Artist”—Buy My Latest Book for only $10.
These letters represent some of my most candid and intimate thoughts. They contain true confessions, passionate rants and joyful shouts from an open and oft-times wounded heart. Read close and you will hear (and perhaps feel) the lifeblood of an artist playing the rhythm of a happy sadness.
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January 20, 2013
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“They fill his head with praises while he’s upon the stage, And they spread the crimson carpet when he goes marching off. The next day someone hollers when he comes into view, “Here comes the minister” and they all say “Minister who?” They’re delighted that he gave, But they can’t recall his name.”
– Randy Elrod
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January 14, 2013
The Tempest—My Latest Watercolor
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“This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine.”
– William Shakespeare
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January 9, 2013
“When In The Soul Of The Serene Disciple” by Thomas Merton
When in the soul of the serene disciple
With no more Fathers to imitate
Poverty is a success,
It is a small thing to say the roof is gone:
He has not even a house.
Stars, as well as friends,
Are angry with the noble ruin.
Saints depart in several directions.
Be still:
There is no longer any need of comment.
It was a lucky wind
That blew away his halo with his cares,
A lucky sea that drowned his reputation.
Here you will find
Neither a proverb nor a memorandum.
There are no ways,
No methods to admire
Where pov...
