Thought for the Day

Sacramentality is a quality present in creation

 that opens us up to the Sacred Presence in all things.

Sacraments reveal grace.

~ Christine Valters Paintner

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Quoted from Christine Valters Paintner, "Sacramental Vision", Center for Action and Contemplation, "A Sacramental Reality", April 28, 2022 [Reference: Christine Valters Paintner, Earth, Our Original Monastery: Cultivating Wonder and Gratitude through Intimacy with Nature (Sorin Books, 2020), pp 93-94, 106]

Christine Valters Painter, Contemplative Author and Artist

Thought for the Day

It is said that supernatural spiritual beings[,] while

looking towards the earth[,] do not discern nationalities,

borders of countries, faces of people. The only  thing

they sense is the light, the light of radiant human beings.

Each light is a life of a human being.

~ Anna Mgaloblishvili

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Quoted from Anna Mgaloblishvili, "Luminous Hearts" [Visual Meditation on Ivan Marchuk's "Woman with a Candle"], Artway, May 1, 2022

Anna Mgaloblishvili, Georgian Painter and Art Historian; Professor, Department of Art History and Theory, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts

New Artist Watch Feature at Escape Into Life

Kreg Yingst, Bird in the Wind [Vera Hall]

Hand-Carved, Hand-Painted and Hand-Pulled Block Print

Music Series

 

© Copyright Kreg Yingst

PLEASE DO NOT COPY IMAGE

Today's new Artist Watch feature at the international online arts magazine Escape Into Life looks to music for its inspiration — specifically, the beautiful hand-carved, hand-painted, and hand-pulled block prints of artist Kreg Yingst. All of Kreg's block prints are of wood or linoleum and in limited editions.

Degreed in studio art and painting, Kreg is a self-taught printmaker who makes his living solely from sales of his work, the subjects of which he researches deeply. He lives in Pensacola, Florida.

Kreg has provided for May's Artist Watch eight images that illustrate his popular interpretations of well-known blues musicians. His Artist Statement describes in brief how he creates his works, which also encompass a considerable body of sacred art. A short biography also is provided.

 

Thought for the Day

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness

simply means being able to say to him:

'What are you going through?'

~ Simone Weil

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Quoted from Simone Weil, Waiting on God (Routledge, 1951; HarperPerennialModern Classics, 2009)

Simone Weil (1909-1943), Religious Philosopher, Essayist, Dramatist, Poet, Social Critic, Political Activist

Thought for the Day

Isn't it marvelous to wish for a thing

and envision even the barest grainy lines

of it in front of you?

~ Maya Stein

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Quoted from Maya Stein, "let gladness be a mantra", 10-Line Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Maya Stein, Poet, Author, Editor, Freelance Writer, Publisher (Toad Hall Editions), Mentor and Instructor

Thought for the Day

Every pilgrimage to the desert 

is a pilgrimage to the self. 

~ Terry Tempest Williams

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Quoted fromTerry Tempest Williams, Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert (Vintage, 2002), page 77

Terry Tempest Williams, Provostial Scholar, Dartmouth College; American Writer-Author, Educator, Activist, Conservationist