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Niflheim (or Niflheimr) ("Mist Home", is one of the Nine Worlds and is a location in Norse mythology which sometimes overlaps with the notions of Niflhel and Hel. The name Niflheimr only appears in two extant sources: Gylfaginning and the much-debated Hrafnagaldr Óðins.

Niflheim was primarily a realm of primordial ice and cold, with the frozen rivers of Élivágar and the well of Hvergelmir, from which come all the rivers.[ According to Gylfaginning, Niflheim was one of the two primordial realms, the other one being Muspelheim, the realm of fire. Between these two realms of cold and heat, creation began when its waters mixed with the heat of Muspelheim to form a "creating steam". Later, it became the abode of Hel, a goddess daughter of Loki, and the afterlife for her subjects, those who did not die a heroic or notable death.

The Wind of God by Bo Dudas

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In the story of creation, a mighty “wind from God” sweeps over the unformed dark, deep space that God is about to transform (Gen 1:2). Biblical languages (Hebrew and Greek) closely link the word “wind” with the words “breath” or “spirit.” So “wind from God” could mean “spirit of God,” similar to the divine spirit that “breathed the breath of life” into the first human being (Gen 2:7). God’s spirit-wind also plays a powerful role in the exodus, the escape of the ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt. With Egypt’s army in hot pursuit, the fleeing Israelites come to the Reed Sea, where “the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea into dry land” so that the people could safely cross over (Exod 14:21-25). God had earlier appeared to the Israelites’ leader, Moses, in a mysterious “flame of fire out of a bush” at Mount Sinai (Exod 3:1-6) and guided the Israelites out of Egypt in a guiding “pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night” (Exod 13:21-22). After crossing the Reed Sea, Moses returns with his people to Mount Sinai, where God makes another dramatic appearance, engulfing the mountain in smoke and fire and giving instructions (Exod 19:18), including the Ten Commandments.

Evoking these well-known precedents, the Pentecost account in Acts 2 is meant to mark God’s formation of a renewed community imbued with the power of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:2 = And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Acts 4:31 = And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost...

John 3:8 = The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."

0934: "Push Me Into Nowhere" (12x16) $35, ezc.storenvy.com #Painting #AbstractExpressionism #Abstract #artforsale #Art #ContemporaryArt #Automatism #Texture #Purple #Palimpsest #Orange #Red #Blue #Yellow #Acrylic #Canvas by Eric Cloutier

poster #1 by stephen marland

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In Ma Works by Lach

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Just like a dream by Jay Carrier

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30”x22”, mixed media on paper. #Mixedmediapainting #contemporaryartist #contemporarypainting #indigenousartist #contemporaryindigenousartist #abstractexpressionism #buffalonyartist #niagarafallsnyartist

Flowers On Sunday by Michael Patnode

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I do have fun, doing the abstract flowers.

Mike

i never knew where to begin, or where it would end by jshortart

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8x10.625" handmade collage.

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This piece was a collaboration with @lessoeursanglaises / @collagecardconnection (Insta) to help raise money for womenforwomen.org international charity. I may have gone a bit overboard with this fella… sometimes I have a problem not knowing when to stop.

Early #artwork #abstractexpressionism by Gerald Angerer