Seven

I met a very Inspiring Kenyan woman today.
She spoke about God and Jesus.
She was so real.
So honest.
Rose.

Six

I'm inspired by Fridtjof Nansen.
This wonderful Norwegian was an accomplished oceanographer, inventor, zoologist, artist, statesman, professor, 1922 Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Wow. What a Viking.

Four & Five

New Beginnings inspire a...

Haiku

Easter is New Life
Our new lives in Christ begin
When we are reborn

College can be sad
When people don't know the truth
They think they know

Each day I hope- pray
They will see what Easter is
And start to believe

Three

The Greeks and their-
Yogurt

+
Their Movies

= Me, Inspired.

This guy might have helped...

Two

Inspiration for today- for life:
His Sacrifice
I chose "The Crucifixion" by Degas because I visited it at the SAM for "Inspiring Impressionism" last year. Of course, it is a picture of our Lord's death on the cross. Although the actual happening would have been far more gruesome, moving many more than this simple painting could ever do, the piece comes back to me often, perhaps because of it's ironic nature. The sky is bright with little tufts of clouds, and the entire picture is so clean, yet it was Jesus. Dying. for me...
That's inspiring.

Today is Good Friday. The day to Remember.

One

A month for inspiration. At least one for every day.
We can do this.

Today I am inspired by....

My new red toms
Ropes just for adventures




And how gray days like today seem mysterious and make me want wander...

More to come!

For Andrew

"The Autumn Hawk"

I painted this for my brother at Christmas time. The Sharp-finned Hawk was quite fun to do. I had never really painted feathers before, and I had a good time trying. Took about six hours on 140lb paper, cold pressed. I put those black strips on the frame myself (with Stephanie's help ;) and I do think they look pretty dandy.

I have another winged project coming up that should be very exciting.... ;) But you'll have to wait.