{"id":12382,"date":"2012-10-26T07:21:29","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T11:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=12382"},"modified":"2012-10-26T07:21:29","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T11:21:29","slug":"are-you-a-black-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2012\/10\/are-you-a-black-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"are you a black sheep?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_12338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12338\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12338\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/10\/blacksheep-500x441.jpg\" alt=\"sophia blacksheep drawing by nakedpastor david hayward\" width=\"500\" height=\"441\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophia \u201cBlackSheep\u201d (ink, watercolor, charcoal on paper, 8\u2033x9\u2033)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>I love Sophia. She is me, and she has helped me to love myself. I\u2019m a black sheep in many ways. I know what it is to be the peculiar, different one, the one that doesn\u2019t quite fit in, the one who decides that he must go his own way. Fortunately for Sophia, she\u2019s found a companion, a dark one like her.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s not a coward. She marches. She walks defiantly. She actually looks like she\u2019s stomping her way into her future. There\u2019s no stopping her.<\/p>\n<p>Like you!<\/p>\n<p>Women who have fought or are fighting for their independence are Sophia\u2019s biggest fans. Second are men in touch with their emotional journeys. Let me explain:<\/p>\n<p>I started drawing Sophia when I left the church. She emerged from my subconscious. The first ones I drew, I wasn\u2019t even aware of what was happening. The first one was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haywardart.com\/sophia\/sophia-fearless\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fearless<\/a>. I was surprised I drew such a thing. It was so out of character for my usual, serene, minimalistic, Asian feel paintings, like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haywardart.com\/contemplative\/lonely-tree-miniature-watercolor-original-painting\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lonely Tree<\/a>. Then one day when I was drawing a Sophia, I think it was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haywardart.com\/sophia\/sophia-cave\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cave<\/a>, I noticed the emotion I was feeling about her. It was too strong to ignore. It dawned on me that I was drawing my own journey. I knew what it was like to feel stuck, which is why I drew <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haywardart.com\/sophia\/sophia-trapped\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Trapped<\/a>, probably my most popular one. Then I drew her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haywardart.com\/sophia\/sophia-escape\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Escape<\/a>. Then I proceeded drawing my way through my and her journey to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haywardart.com\/sophia\/sophia-freedom\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Freedom<\/a>. There are 50 completed. I have another one planned for this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for falling in love with her with me.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #a52a2a\">There are still <a href=\"http:haywardart.com\/sophia\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">originals and fine art prints<\/a> available.<\/span><\/strong> (Don\u2019t forget your coupon codes for discounts!)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love Sophia. She is me, and she has helped me to love myself. I\u2019m a black sheep in many ways. 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