I drew so many faces...

Mindspace happenings this Sunday night. (Now technically Monday). There was repentance and some sort of baptism going on. Some interference by witches (probably my old neighbors). But the reason for this post is to talk about creating art. It is not what you think.

Art takes study but when you study art, you cannot create it. Art takes practice but when you practice you cannot perfect it. Art takes style -your style, but without removing your style, you cannot produce it.

This seems absurd but it leads to one thing: your inner voice. Your inner genius, some call it, your calling to express your feelings. All artists have it, no matter level of skill, or otherwise.

For example, I started by drawing prophetic things. I had a drawing I called 'God', 'the Son', and 'the Spirit'. And also the 'girlfriend' of Jesus. Call me a heretic. But by drawing what I felt strongly of, I developed a style. From there on, I progressed from caricatures, to fine art with expressive pens and nibs.

I could not draw women (I am a man) at first, but soon, confidence came over me, and I was able, just by saying 'I will'. Then my mindset changed, one day, a connection was made, and I drew my first females by the spontaneous method, without thinking, just following the ink as it flowed on paper.

Some have asked me how to remove our initial style? For me, it was portraying the divine in my eyes -the profane. That exorcised my notion of what art was. For you, it might be different. Perhaps this is why in the west, they draw nudes and use real life models.

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It's now about 1am and nothing much has gotten done. No guitar practice, no coding eureka, no writing SDU.

By request, we have to explain how Jesus' blood covers all sin. The standard answer is he suffered so we do not have to. He prepared a place where we fit in perfectly, interior to ourselves and exterior as well. But if you have to know deeper, it is that God says there is no forgiveness without the shedding of blood. He is actually going to kill anyone who sins in front of Him. So the fact is that we need a protector, the perfect sacrifice to still the Lord's anger. And this is Christ -his only begotten Son.

Yes, God can be friendly and can be angry, strict and kind. He was both to Moses. Moses must have been special in His eyes. We must strive to be like the saints and patriarchs to gain God's admiration and love.