31 March 2009

to just be.


"And then there is time in which to be, simply to be, that time in which God quietly tells us who we are and who He wants us to be. It is then that God can take our emptiness and fill it up with what He wants and drain away the business with which we inevitably get involved in the dailiness of human living." -Madeline L-Engle "Walking on Water"

"Artist have always been drawn to the wild, wide elements they cannot control or understand - the sea, mountains, fire. To be an artist means to approach the light, and that means to let go our control, to allow our whole selves to be placed with absolute faith in that which is greater than we are. The novel we sit down to write and the one we end up writing may be different, just as the Jesus we grasp and the Jesus who grasps us may also differ."
-Madeleine L'Engle "Walking on Water"

23 March 2009

pink gypsy.





Pretty in pink finds on etsy tonight... aren't they all around lovely?!
I love the vibrancy... in color... in life... shown within these shots.
They're magical and freeing... and make the little girl in me smile from the inside out.
Almost makes me want to find a hot-pink tutu and dance in a field of dandelions... almost.

P.S. Welcome Spring and all things new and wonder-ful!!!

22 March 2009

bees and their singin' queen.

"The Secret Life of Bees"... A good end to an already wonderful weekend. I have a very short list of movies that I would actually call "favorites" but this movie has definitely earned that title. It's a story that will forever stay with you. One that pushes away the nonsense, shoves the shallow into the corner, and sits down to its own place in your heart.