Back by popular demand! This is one of my first Sophia drawings. I wanted to depict the courage of a young woman to stand up against the impossible and not back down. She feisty! She's stubborn! She's steadfast! She's not moving until she gets what she wants and what she knows she needs. For your chance to win, all you have to do is: 1. leave a comment on this post. Anything... even just a "hi". And you can be anonymous too if you want. 2. you must sign up for my newsletter I SHIP … [Read more...]
FREEBIE FRIDAY print Sophia “trapped”
July 20, 2012 By 48 Comments
Today I'm giving away a free fine art print of the highly popular Sophia "trapped". I've given this away before, but it seems relevant today. If you want to go ahead and order a print now, just click here! The original is sold. I'm giving this print away because of the incredible debate that is going on right now in the church and elsewhere around gender, women and sexuality. To read more about it, you can check out yesterday's post that has some links you can follow. Sophia's story is all … [Read more...]
new Sophia drawing “cleansed”
July 2, 2012 By 26 Comments
Sophia has been caught in a rain storm. She's fallen to the ground and letting it all soak in. Her years of servitude, her years of compromise, her years of captivity, her years of fear... may they all seep out of her and into the ground. She's never felt this clean, this pure. She'll remember this rainy night. Acquire the original drawing. Or buy a print of "cleansed". … [Read more...]
FREEBIE FRIDAY: print of Sophia “trapped”
June 22, 2012 By 52 Comments
Today I'm giving away a fine art print of one of my most popular Sophia drawings, "trapped". This will be one of the first drawings in my book of my Sophia collection... the beginning of her story towards her own independence and freedom. It's almost ready to be assembled! If you want to go ahead and buy a print, GO HERE. All you have to do is: 1. leave a comment on this post. Anything... even just a "hi". 2. you must sign up for my newsletter Sorry, but I won't be responding to comments. … [Read more...]
Sophia going against the “flow”
June 16, 2012 By 4 Comments
Going against the flow is a decision that has to be made. But it doesn't necessarily start with "I'm going to go against the flow!" It doesn't need to begin with an attitude of resistance, rebellion or non-conformism. It may begin with "I'm not happy with my life and the way its going." Then, when you decide to be true to yourself and find your own way, you suddenly realize this means going against the flow. You may suddenly discover that in being true to yourself and finding your own way you … [Read more...]
new Sophia drawing “release”
June 10, 2012 By 6 Comments
We have an expression in our house that we use almost daily: "Let it go… like a balloon… let it go!" It is so difficult to let things go. It is difficult to let friends go. Your loved ones. Your pet. Your job. Your house. Your church. Your religion. Your faith. So many things. It is difficult to let things go. But what is the most difficult thing to let go? What about our anger? What about our fear? What about our resentments? What about our griefs? What about our disappointments? Sophia … [Read more...]
new Sophia drawing “pioneer”
June 3, 2012 By 17 Comments
Sophia "Pioneer": (Buy the original drawing. Or buy a print.) This image "Pioneer" partners with my One Minute Message on Youtube from the other day, "In Praise of Pioneers" (click here to watch it). Our brave Sophia is a pioneer. She is separating herself from the mainstream, symbolized here by the forest, the community of trees. She simply must navigate her own spiritual path, blaze her own trail and find her own spiritual home or she will never find her happiness. It's been over two years … [Read more...]
find your own Sophia wisdom
May 11, 2012 By 5 Comments
Socrates believed that we all carried our own wisdom deep within and that it just needed to be coaxed out, usually with a series of questions. He demonstrated this one day on a small boy walking by. He asked him a series of questions, the boy answered, revealing to Socrates' disciples that he already had the knowledge. Jesus was no different. What did Jesus usually use in his teaching? Stories. Everyday stories that people already understood. Simple parables... like the one about flowers not … [Read more...]
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