WELCOME !

WELCOME! THIS is the beginning of a new art blog, dedicated to God: Father-Son-&-Holy-Spirit! I remember when I was a freshman at Calvin College  in 1985 and it was my first time registering for classes…back when they did it in the gymnasium, and you walk around the basketball court and look at the desks and the professors try to promote their class or give you advice about what you may be interested in, etc…and I was definitely not thinking about being an art major, but art is one of the required classes…at least one …and so a professor tells me that I can “get it out of the way” and says I might enjoy “Art History”…needless to say..he did not tell me that Art History is difficult even for art majors at Calvin . This professor expected a LOT from his students and it was a grueling semester memorizing various aspects of art …including names, dates, special features, etc. It was ridiculous of him to suggest I take it as a freshman. I really don’t know why he did it to me. Nonetheless, I survived..I passéd the class but it didn’t give my GPA a good beginning boost. However, this many years later I now go back to art museums from time-to-time, now around Los Angeles (ie getty, hammer, LACMA, et al) and am beginning to appreciate art a bit more now, even though I don’t remember much from art history specifically. I especially appreciate art that magnifies God, and most of the art I see in this regard from ancient times does so thru images of Mother Mary and the baby Jesus, as well as thru various other Biblical images. I concentrate on these when I go to the museums and you will see this predominantly in the blog. I hope you enjoy it and enjoy art in this regard, but let us NOT depend on visual images to truly come to know God and enter into a relationship with Him. The “invisible” aspect of knowing God is crucial to our faith ! 
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"Jesus replied,

"If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, & we will come to him & make our home with him."

John 14:23

WELCOME! THIS is the beginning of a new art blog, dedicated to God: Father-Son-&-Holy-Spirit! I remember when I was a freshman at Calvin College  in 1985 and it was my first time registering for classes…back when they did it in the gymnasium, and you walk around the basketball court and look at the desks and the professors try to promote their class or give you advice about what you may be interested in, etc…and I was definitely not thinking about being an art major, but art is one of the required classes…at least one …and so a professor tells me that I can “get it out of the way” and says I might enjoy “Art History”…needless to say..he did not tell me that Art History is difficult even for art majors at Calvin . This professor expected a LOT from his students and it was a grueling semester memorizing various aspects of art …including names, dates, special features, etc. It was ridiculous of him to suggest I take it as a freshman. I really don’t know why he did it to me. Nonetheless, I survived..I passéd the class but it didn’t give my GPA a good beginning boost. However, this many years later I now go back to art museums from time-to-time, now around Los Angeles (ie getty, hammer, LACMA, et al) and am beginning to appreciate art a bit more now, even though I don’t remember much from art history specifically. I especially appreciate art that magnifies God, and most of the art I see in this regard from ancient times does so thru images of Mother Mary and the baby Jesus, as well as thru various other Biblical images. I concentrate on these when I go to the museums and you will see this predominantly in the blog. I hope you enjoy it and enjoy art in this regard, but let us NOT depend on visual images to truly come to know God and enter into a relationship with Him. The “invisible” aspect of knowing God is crucial to our faith !