I believe time is the most precious resource we have, and none of us knows how much of it we are granted. We can only spend time. We accept the phrase “invest time,” which I understand to mean that spending time a particular way will hopefully yield some sort of positive result that will make the loss of the time it took to do the thing worth it. That is a truism, but investing time is not like most investments. Invest money, and you’ll hopefully get more money. Invest your t

I recently made a gift for a dear friend. She asked if she could commission me for a scarf that included poppies and some of the verses from Isaiah 6, the scene describing Isaiah's vision of the throne room of heaven. I like painting Scripture because it is a natural opportunity to meditate on the meaning of the verse. Painting letters requires precision. There is no speed in this process. It is all methodical, thoughtful, slowed-down making. And so sometimes, oftentimes actu

I heard a lecturer say once, "Our impatience kills things." Doesn't matter what his topic was, the truth of that stuck with me. It rings in my ears every time I rush my process and thereby mar hours of creative effort. The first photo depicts the scarf I'd spent hours designing and painting, still on the frame, sitting overnight before being steamed the next day. The next three photos are the result of rushing. While I don't think the scarf is destroyed, the bleeding out of t