My Chagall interpretive Psalm project

A Psalm of David. 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell. 3 Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will be confident. 4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple. 5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. 6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD. 7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. 8 When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.” 9 Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the LORD will take care of me. 11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. 12 Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence. 13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. 14 Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!

I used hungry dogs to depict my problems. The past dog is friendly. The present dog stumbles the future dog is pratically invisible. The moon is God's face and light etc. I looked at Chagall for inspiration.

This was for my Psalms class. I had so much fun.

nterpretative Project
My interpretative project is on Psalm 27. I loved this project. I wanted to somehow make a declaration of my faith. I think I found the most perfect Psalm. I have mentioned before that I love light. This Psalm starts with “The Lord is my light and salvation.” I really believe that in every sense of the words. I illustrated this with a drawing/painting. The mediums I used were pencils, oil pastels, and watercolors. For inspiration I looked at paintings by Chagall. He was a Jewish painter someone I really admired and an artist that believed in light. He would travel to different places because he knew each light was special.
He also just seemed to fit this specific Psalm. He said, “Despite all the troubles of the world in my heart I have never given up on the love in which I was brought up or on man's hope in love. In life, just as on the artist's palette there is but one single color that gives meaning to life and art—the color of love.
I tried to think of colors of God love. Light to me is yellow. In reading this Psalm I pictured myself in the forest being hunted down by hunting wolves and hungry dogs. I depicted three dogs. They each represent past, future and immediate troubles. The past wolf is friendly, the immediate threat stumbles and the future is almost invisible. I picked wolves because of “whose afraid of the big bad wolf.” “Of whom shall I be afraid? The wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes They stumbled and fell.” I am waiting with my heart on the outside of myself. “My heart shall not fear.” I am hidden in his house, which is just his presence in the forest. “Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me and answer me. When You said, “seek My face,” My heart said to You “Your face Lord, I will seek. I used the moon to illustrate God's face. Not that I think that the moon is literally God's face. However the moon has a face. I am waiting in the forest until morning without fear. The sun will come up and I will be safe. “Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And he will strengthen your heart;Wait I say on the Lord.” I will wait on the Lord patiently. He is worth waiting on.

It's Dark

It's dark at 5:00 yuck. I love IKEA. This started out as a 4.99 frame. The angle of the picture I took is weird, but believe you me it's beautiful IRL.

I also love Nora Ephron and books. She's my new pretend friend. I feel the urge to watch Sleepless in Seattle and to buy gravy boats. I can't explain it. I feel the season coming.