... money, the root of ...
- photo by www.norinevphotography.com, art :K:•: and treatment :K::: by elaine evil? really. i thought the source was love.
if love is the seed, how can the root that grows from it be evil?
money is a tool of choice.
.... a circle for my dad ....
its called 'war'
first it was white ....
then it was fire engine red...with the words "fear," "kill" and "covet" ... then i affixed The Flag.
siobahn found The Flag ... she found it on the ground the day after a 'send your son to die for us / send my son to die for us' rally in echo park, california ... because a lot of mothers' sons and daughters were trapped by their integrity to an ideal that had long since deceived and destroyed, along side the others who were there for their various reasons or, perhaps, excuses.
when the president said 'we fight this war to protect the american way of life', i tried to burn The Flag. The Flag melted instead ... the-petroleum-fabric-made-in-china flag just could not be burned. but then again, nor can ... 'me here on planet earth, being one of the people of the united states of america, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, etc.,' even when it is stolen from those who honored it most and gave their lives for that freedom.
then chris' sister died and i painted it Carbon Black ... "Carbon Black" is the golden color. ashes is what an innocent life can be reduced to under the weight of greed.
it was Carbon Black for a long time.
one day, for no particular reason i can recall (except the general relation of that particular shade of green and it was spring time) . . . well, i took the green, the color of the south, renewal, but mostly because it is the color of money, and wrote the words 'love', 'give' and 'grace' . . . which green then flowed from the e's in all the words .... many reasons why, but mostly because it is the soul vibration ('e' vibrates to 5 representing pyramidal power, freedom, change, dimensional movements) of the word 'me'; and, more personally, i have it at the beginning and the end of my name, 'elaine'.
the three primary colors and their palette complete the thought with all their references and symbolism. one of my earlier works where imperfections are not noticeable when you are staring at it too closely .....
so, in a nutshell, the story of the evolution of this piece ... 'money a tool of the root' is what i call this treatment of this piece of art originally entitled 'fear•love : kill • grace : covet • give :K:•:'.
music: 'limited expression' by mark london sims ... in particular, track 5, 'money first' and track 9, 'music should change instanteously'
peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'
posted by elaine x at 11:21 AM
3 Comments:
I think I understand your comment on Jargon and the divinity of Christ. Four years ago, I would have made a very similar argument. The tough part is that I don't feel that (at least in my experience) one can fully comprehend the ultimate power, i.e. the status of Christ as fully man and fully God, until Christ changes that person.
I think that my testimony will help make this a little more clear. At least, my experience of Christ. But let me just say this, in my experience Christ proved himself to be everything, and all powerful, fully capable of creating anything and changing anything. The only way for me to say this as clearly as I feel I should is to say that Christ is God. If you don't believe that the Bible is true, then this won't help, but read it anyway and see what you think.
4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God
Ephesians 2: 4-8 New International Version
anton,
thank you so much for your comment.
and, just so you know ... i've studied the bible my entire life in both a church and in the academic setting. AND, i have also studied other scriptures, which as paul points out are also inspired by god, and, in particular, i've studied those that would have been the scriptures studied by jesus during the time he grew up in the middle east.
i come from the understanding that i am the same as jesus ... i may not be as fully integrated with the christ consciousness as he achieved, as partially documented in the bible, but ... i simply do not subscribe to the idea that god is cruel.
and god would be cruel if he gave me, in particular, an example and teacher to follow that i could not possibly follow because i am a fundamentally different being than jesus. either we are fundamentally the same beings just at different points of evolution or embodiment of the christ -- which is a consciousness not a being -- or we are not.
my perception is not that i am anything but what jesus was: a child of god. that is a very different perception than is taught in most organized christian religions who take your power to prevent you from truly embodying christ as jesus did.
and i understand paul's teaching on grace and that is so true with proper perception and context, especially in this day in time. but, in so far as the 'new international version' of the bible is concerned ... i find they do a really amazing job at using words that connote a different intent than perhaps other synomyn translations of the original greek and hebrew writings and the meaning you may glean on the actual writings of the original authors of the various scriptures.
you are an insightful and have an interesting mind, but, most importantly, i feel you have a pure heart ... which as you know what jesus said about those pure in heart ...
have a great day!
peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'
omg, i read my comment and it just sounded like such b.s. that whole first paragraph was an absolutely emotional response to the 'read it anyway' comment ... sorry for the complete brain fart!
i was the student in our family ... i read everything ... i perhaps was most impacted by 'a wrinkle in time' during the time we were forced to memorize chapters of the bible and recite them for my father ... so the whole 'jesus will save me' thing ... i just never believed it ... and what's crazy is i don't think my dad believed it either.
i knew i had to do what jesus did, not wait for someone else to save him ... he just did it. so too must i and that is what will save me.
... anyway ... welcome to vegas, baby ...
peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'
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