Timothy J. Pruitt's Blog, page 86
August 13, 2022
August 12, 2022
Art Unboxed What I’ve Learned
I started drawing because I wanted to draw. I started painting, wanting to paint. Neither of these is profound, but what I’ve learned along the way has profoundly affected me. Because what started out for me as a hobby, has taught me so much.
I don’t just mean some philosophical concept, it’s taught me dexterity. On the other side, it’s added to my knowledge, understanding, and appreciation. One way I’ve touched on before, was in appreciation of music.
When you’re tone deaf, music is like a foreign language you can’t wrap your head around. You can appreciate the concepts of notes, but you can’t really grasp it. At least I couldn’t, but I can through painting.
It’s taught me about a side of history I would have normally never learned about. Beyond all this, it’s taught me things which I never expected to learn. Stories of courage like Churchill whose eyes near the end were so dim he couldn’t see much, but he still painted. It strikes me that Churchill painted first, and Eisenhower took it up.
We know they discussed the act of painting. We also know that a painter named Thomas E. Stephen’s directly inspired Eisenhower to pursue the past time. Both men saw value in it, and because they saw value in it, they left something behind that is different than most Prime Ministers and Presidents, not all, but most.
In a very real way, we saw not only what they saw, but how they saw it. How many politicians have sought to position people to see things the way they saw them? Succeed or fail, they didn’t do it the way these two men did.
Seeing things from someone else’s perspective is so important. Communicating through pictures is something I didn’t think about when I started drawing, but it’s a wonderful blessing in my life. As a Christian, I believe that God drops desires, talents, pursuits, and curiosity in our spirit to explore.
When we discover them, if we’re careful, we see God’s hand in this path, and are grateful. Everything He has blessed me with, I am thankful. Because, it’s taught me more than how to hold a brush, it’s showed me Who painted us with His brush.
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iPainting Lion Day 2022
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iPainting – Michael Dunn From Wild Wild West
Michael Dunn – Dr. Miguelito Quixote Loveless
August 8, 2022
Who Writes Your Story?
Have you ever read the story of Cyrano de Bergerac? It’s written by man, considered a classic, and ends in tragedy. Have you ever read the life of Job? It’s written by God, filled with challenge, and ends in joy.
The difference is not in the person, both faced great battles. The difference is in the writer. God will allow us to write our own stories but they will end like Cyrano. Or we can ask God to write them, and they’ll end like Job.
The Bible says Job’s life ended full of days. Full means basically saturated. He was completely full at the end of his life. Cyrano ends with love lost, but Job never lost God’s love, or his love for God, even in the middle of his battle.
The Bible calls Jesus, The Author and The Finisher of our faith. When we ask Him to write our story, He causes the hated and outcasts to become loved and made leaders of His people. Did you know the name Job means hated?
It doesn’t matter what people call you, or who is against you. Because God called Job my servant from the beginning. When God calls you His, it doesn’t matter what anyone else calls you. They don’t write your story, when you’re a child of God, He will fill your days!
