Beautiful Disaster

The Cave

Mumford & Sons

It's empty in the valley of your heart

The sun, it rises slowly as you walk

Away from all the fears

And all the faults you've left behind

The harvest left no food for you to eat

You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see

But I have seen the same

I know the shame in your defeat

But I will hold on hope

And I won't let you choke

On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain

And I will change my ways

I'll know my name as it's called again

Cause I have other things to fill my time

You take what is yours and I'll take mine

Now let me at the truth

Which will refresh my broken mind

So tie me to a post and block my ears

I can see widows and orphans through my tears

I know my call despite my faults

And despite my growing fears

But I will hold on hope

And I won't let you choke

On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain

And I will change my ways

I'll know my name as it's called again

So come out of your cave walking on your hands

And see the world hanging upside down

You can understand dependence

When you know the maker's hand

So make your siren's call

And sing all you want

I will not hear what you have to say

Cause I need freedom now

And I need to know how

To live my life as it's meant to be

And I will hold on hope

And I won't let you choke

On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain

And I will change my ways

I'll know my name as it's called again

Hebrews 4:12-13
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

An Idol Hands Remedy

Nickname

I wish I could give you the strength to break away.
Break away so there would be nothing to keep you from accepting truth.
You deserve so much more than a numbing cloud of smoke.
What is so bad that you feel the need to hide?
Are you afraid to start over?
Are you ashamed? Of what?
I see your "faults" and your virtues.
I wouldn't change a thing because they are what make you, you.
You're perfect.
I wish I could be there for you.
I wish I knew if you wanted me to.
Come out of hiding;
out of the haze
I wish I could make you believe.
You are looking for fulfillment in all the wrong places.
If only you believed.

Anyway

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;

Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;

Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;

Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;

Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;

Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;

Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;

It was never between you and them anyway.

-Mother Teresa

...Thanks Angie :o)

Broken Bells

The Ghost Inside

The Weather Project

Olafur Eliasson
Tate Museum, London
2005

Meowww

:o)

Wilfred is feeling a bit sassy

The Big Guns

Care In

Miss you already buddy

I think a tribute song is in order.

Dear Andy

Mr Andy,

I think you are a pretty interesting guy. I wonder if your insistence that there was absolutely no meaning or intention beyond the surface of your work (or do you insist?), is merely a ploy to make people curious or if the art community has thrust its own intuition and symbolisms upon it.

-Roshelle

"I've been quoted a lot as saying, ' I like boring things.' Well, I said it and I meant it. But that doesn't mean I'm not bored with them. Of course, what I think is boring must not be the same as what other people think is, since I could never stand to watch all the most popular action shows on TV, because they're essentiall the same plots and the same shots and the same cuts over and over again. Apparently, most people love watching the same basic thing, as long as the details are different. (Campbell's Soup Cans) But I'm just the opposite: if I'm going to sit and watch the same thing I saw the night before, I don't want it to be essentially the same- I want it to be exactly the same. Because the more you look at the same exact thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel." (Five deaths Seventeen Times)
-Andy Warhol

When I told a friend of mine that I was interested in learning about Andy Warhol and his work, his respose was, "Why would you want to do that? It's mass produced 'art'. It's everything art isn't supposed to be."

After doing the research I have come to the conclusion that he was absolutely right about the mass production aspect of Andy Warhol, however, I have come to a different conclusion about it's worth. It speaks profound truths about our consumeristic, desensitized society. The Campbell's Soup Cans and the Marilyn Diptych appear to be different subject matter on the surface, but if you take a deeper look, you will come to find that celebrities, in this 'modern' era, are just as much a commodity as Campbell's Soup. "Five Deaths Seventeen Times" features a picture of a horrific car crash repeated seventeen times. This repetition could represent the overexposure and, therefore, desensitivation of our society due to mass media.

" I represent the U.S. in my art but I'm not a social critic. I just paint those objects in my paintings because those are the things I know best. I'm not trying to criticize the U.S. in any way, not trying to show up any ungliness at all. I'm just a pure artist, I guess. But I can't say I take myself seriously as an artist. I just hadn'y thought about it..."
-Andy Warhol

hmmmmm.....

Something to think about...seriously

A point was made last Sunday night at Epicenter [my church], that has been brought to the forefront of my mind this entire week. Here are the reference verses:

Job 1:6 - 1:12
6 One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.
7 The Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the Lord, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."
8 Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil."
9 "Does Job fear God for nothing?" Satan replied.
10 "Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.
11 But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face."
12 The Lord said to Satan, "Very well then, everything he has in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger." Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

So Satan obviously believes God exists
Satan has a relationship with God
Satan obeys God

hmmmmm

....the motivation and heart behind obedience is the only thing that can set us apart from the devil himself.

Am I the only one who finds this extremely frightening?

ps for those not familiar with Job, God returns Job’s health, providing him with twice as much property as before, new children, and an extremely long life.

Another Tribute

The Architect

Strangely Familiar

Human

Civil Twilight

Restless Exhaustion

Awesome.

This semester is almost over. Its a good thing because it's about to kill me.
A part of me is kind of dreading the end. I almost don't know what to do with free time anymore.

Can someone teach me how to rest without being restless?

Oh well; it won't last for long. 2 summer school classes and a full time job here I come.

I thought school was a full time job. It turns out you pay them. Weird.

The Clean Up Crew

MVP goes to Joe
Year 1 out of (hopefully) 5 complete.
At this rate I may even be done with school before im 40

Ultimate Doggy Tease

Maybe it's some sort of political statement....haha

Final Exhibition

The final contributing component to determine whether or not I am admitted into the University of Arizona's professional phase of Architorture....I mean...Architecture program.

It's a Beautiful Life

The Proposal

Simultaneously ball your eyes out and look beautiful. check.

April Showers

That's one big rock

Yummmmy

Find your man via his clalf, blindfolded
........ Uhhh; most definitely not Nick.

The Bachelorette

The Mission

Note to self: watch for unpainted speed bumps while driving an astro van of 10 girls partaking in a fun-filled bachelorette party down on fourth ave. This may or may not result with catching some serious air, 5 dozen ballons and 10 heads hitting the ceiling of the golden monster as well as one loud uniform scream...just a suggestion.

Some bums off the street stopped by to see what all the commotion was.

And they lived happily ever after.....

I caught this....
Sorry guys, no one else is getting married for a very long time

Well said Erika

Oh hey Bob

Congradulations to the beautiful couple. Both inside and out.

"Life": A Perversion of the Intended

You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body
-C.S. Lewis

Proverbs 5
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight,
2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may perserve knowledge.
3 For the lips of an adultress drip honey, and her speech is smother than oil;
4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
6 She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not
7 Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.
8 Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,
9 Lest you give your best strength to others and your years to one who is cruel,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich another man's house.
11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, "How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!"
13 I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors.
14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.
15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adultress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?
21 For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths.
22 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him, the cords of his sin hold him fast.
23 He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.