Seeing Shadows - A New Horse Series

Colored Pencil Drawings -10x7 inches on white paper

Maleko ©2011

These are the first two designs from a new series I have begun, 

that I have called "Seeing Shadows".  My attempt is to present 

the image of horses using simple outlines and color, a metaphor 

 for not seeing clearly as when we catch a glimpse of truth in the 

shadows.  More designs to come! ~Maleko

Into the Darkness Came a Light

In Genesis 1:2 we are told that, "The earth was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the deep..."
 
Verses 3 & 4 state, "Then God said, 'Let there be light'; and there was light.  God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness."  

Did the darkness pre-exist before the light?  Did God (the light) the eternal uncreated enter into the darkness and bring the first light? For God to command light to appear there must have been darkness or the light would have been no more useful than a flashlight on a sunny day.  This separation of light and dark intrigues me and seems to foreshadow our lives.

We must first be discouraged to experience renewed hope.
We must first be broken to experience restoration. 

We must first be mournful to experience true joy.

We must first be hurt to experience true healing.

We must first be dead to truly experience life.

Our lives seem to so often follow this trajectory as we are in the dark of our mothers womb and are born into the light.  We are then wounded, beaten, down trodden, forsaken, abandoned as we traverse this experience we call life.  Sometimes oblivious that we are in need of a savior and a friend.  My prayer is that all come to this realization soon rather than later and that God uses me to show this truth to others so that grace may be unveiled.  ~Maleko 

This photo was taken on New Year's Eve 2011 as we celebrated with a bonfire!!!

Random Thoughts on the Creative Process

Is the creative process eternal or temporal?

Where does it begin?

Does it exist outside of time? 

Can we grab hold of it and pull it into time?

Or does the process begin with us?

Is it mortal or immortal?

Art and the Kalam Cosmological Argument

"Majestic Fires" 

The 'kalam cosmological argument' is an argument for the existence of God.  The word kalam means 'speech' or 'doctrine' in Arabic and began with Muslim theologians who believed in creation. The most famous Muslim proponent was al-Ghazali who lived from 1058-1111.  Kalam came to characterize the whole medieval movement in Islamic theology  during this time period and eventually got passed back into Latin-speaking Christendom through Jewish thinkers who lived side by side with Muslim theologians.  

The kalam argument has three simple steps - 

Step 1 - Whatever begins to exist has a cause

Step 2 - The universe began to exist

Step 3 - Therefore, the universe has a cause

I began to think about this argument from the viewpoint of proving the existence of art and/or the creative process.  A fruitless endeavor?  Perhaps, but entertaining and interesting none the less.  Below is what I have come up with so far.

1. What begins as a thought is a gift
2. Art begins with a thought
3. Therefore art is gift

1. What begins as a vision can become reality
2. Art begins with a vision
3. Therefore art portrays reality

1. What begins as an idea is true
2. Art begins as an idea
3. Therefore art is true

Can you come up with any others related to art?  Or other things?  Post your comments below!

"Majestic Fires" 24x18 Acrylics (Painted using no brushes)

©Maleko 2011)

Is the Artist Within , Portrayed Within the Art?

Is who you truly are reflected in your art?

Do you let your art speak for you and hid behind it?

Are images in your art hints of what & who you wish to be? 

Is the artist inside the same as shown on the outside to the world?

Images © Maleko 

Is your life an artistic statement, a creative work, a tribute?  

A reflection of the creative genius of the creator?