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Word Play Quilts
by: Tonya Ricucci
Quilt made by:
Lynne Tyler
Martingale & Company
Book due out in December 2010
(Word is a series of designs for books of the Bible. This is Nahum. Find out more about Word.)
Have you ever been so mad at someone that you actually spend your free time thinking of creative ways to weave words together and get the most violent verbal impact? Meet Nahum, the king of the verbal assault. Even though his book is just 3 chapters long, Nahum has some of the most brutal put downs I've ever read. I'm not talking about "your mama's so fat" jokes either. Nahum is a straight up hater. I would never want to get on this dude's bad side.
Repeat Offenders
You may remember the city of Nineveh from Jonah. The Ninevites were doing bad stuff and God told Jonah to pay a visit and drop some judgement. After a three day tour in the belly of a whale, Jonah finally goes to Nineveh, drops the judgement, Nineveh repents and God holds off on the death and destruction. Apparently, Nineveh had its fingers crossed...
Would Jesus throw poop at my enemies?
Nahum comes down hard on Nineveh and it got me wondering about something. Prophets (like Nahum) are supposed to speak for God, but Is God really saying all this stuff in Nahum? I mean, is God feeding Nahum word for word? For example:
Nahum 3:3,6 - Charging cavalry, flashing swords and glittering spears! Many casualties, piles of dead, bodies without number, people stumbling over the corpses.... I will pelt you with filth, I will treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.
and
Nahum 3:19 - Nothing can heal you; your wound is fatal. All who hear the news about you clap their hands at your fall....
In Christian circles, it's pretty much a given that Jesus is the most accurate picture of who God is. That said, I can't picture Jesus throwing poop at people and having a party when bad stuff happens to them. (That actually sounds like the complete opposite of what he'd do.) It isn't just Nahum either. The entire Old Testament is filled with awful words attributed to God. So what's up?
How heretical are you going to get with this, Jim?
I'm not saying that the Bible isn't inspired or something. I just wonder how much of Nahum is an accurate reflection of God's character and how much is a reflection of Nahum's character. Could it be that Nahum's idea of how Yahweh worked was skewed and tainted by the influence of his time and culture? If so, could it be that my idea of how God works is skewed and tainted by the influence of my time and culture?
Prints of this design will probably not be hanging in the youth room of your church.
I'm sure most of you reading this have never formed the fingers of your hand in the obscene way found in this week's design. (Some of you may even be so holy that you think it's just a picture of someone counting.) I realize this design could be offensive to some folks and that is why I think it's a perfect fit for Nahum. (See verses above.)
De afgelopen dagen bracht ik met familie een kort bezoek aan London. Naast het bekijken van diverse bezienswaardigheden, zoals de Big Ben en Windsor Castle was er natuurlijk ook ruimte om een aantal treinen te fotograferen. Op vrijdagochtend bezocht ik Wandsworth Road, naast dat hier veel fraaie “Networkers” passeren zouden er in kort tijdsbestek ook twee goederentreinen en een charter langskomen. Na niet al te lang wachten kwam de eerste cargo om 9:38 de hoek om hobbelen, het gaat hier om trein 6V04, een beladen kerosinetrein van Grain naar Colnbrook (nabij Heathrow Airport). De lange VTG-ketels worden getrokken door de retro 66793 van GBRf, een loc met een verleden op het vasteland. Van 2003 tot 2008 was dit namelijk de 6608 van ERS Railways, daarna werd de loc nog tien jaar door HHPI ingezet, in 2020 kwam de loc naar Engeland.
One kind word can warm three winter months.
- Japanese proverb
1.3 sec, f/22, ISO 200,focal length 22 mm, polarizing filter
Photographed at the new and improved Realms of Ice and Fire Roleplay Sim (ROIAF), a SecondLife medieval fantasy experience inspired by the word of GRRM and the hit HBO series, Game of Thrones.
Whenever I want to feel better about my life, I read Job. I'm not gonna try to paraphrase what happened to Job. Rather, I'll attempt to communicate the suckiness of his story through an exploration of a common curse word.
Job is the S**t
There is curse work in the english language that starts with an "s" and ends with a "t." This curse word is in a few common phrases like:
1. When she finds out, the s**t is gonna hit the fan.
2. That dude got the s**t kicked out of him.
3. Uh oh, she is in some deep s**t.
In those phrases, "s**t" is a negative thing. If you want to insult someone, express displeasure or describe a bad situation, "s**t" is your go-to word.
Here it is in a nutshell. The word "s**t" would feel insulted if someone called it "Job."
S**t, Job. You're old
One interesting thing about Job.... Even though it's in the middle of the Bible, most scholars say that is actually the oldest book. That means that almost all the people we've read about up to this point knew the story of Job. While I can't be positive about this next part (but you know I love to make wild speculations about the Bible), I'd bet that in the ancient Jewish culture they used "Job" in the same way we use "s**t." Three speculative examples:
1. You guys sold your brother into slavery and then lied and told your dad that an animal killed him? If your dad ever finds out, the Job is gonna hit the fan!
2. Dang, David! You kicked the Job out of Goliath!
3. Noah got drunk and did what?! He is in some deep Job.
I hope you're not expecting insight from me
Job is a dense and complicated book that raises a ton of questions about what God is like. My spiritual gift is sarcasm, not Biblical exegesis, so if you want to know more about Job, my pastor wrote a pretty good piece about it that I'd encourage you to check out.
Next week: Not all Psalms are happy...
... Hier malgré le froid mordant de -34°C qui nous figeait sur place... le Maître nous faisait un autre clin d'oeil radieux en nous offrant un de ses plus beaux et chaleureux couchers de soleil sur un ciel pur et sans nuage ...
* Photo prise dans «Mon Studio à Ciel Ouvert» dans le bassin de Notre Club de Voile Grande-Rivière (CVGR) ...
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Beautiful things happen with the surface of the water is still. The reflections allow there to be a "second sky", and the perfect symmetry of mirrored shorelines makes for a very asthetically pleasing result. Perhaps this is why Psalms 46 reminds us to be still and know Him. Beautiful things happen in that stillness when we allow His glory to be reflected. Want to see a breakdown of the optical performance from this amazing lens? Check out this video: bit.ly/APO65iq | #photodujour #dustinabbott #photography #sony #a73 #APO65 #voigtländer #265
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A shot I take to promote the Matumago Xpress Music project...
Op 26 november reed Stichting 2454 Crew een jubileumsrit met haar fraai gerestaureerde Plan U 151. Ten behoeve van het 60-jarige bestaan van treinstel 151 werd met een groep liefhebbers vanuit Amersfoort vertrokken om via Geldermalsen, Gorinchem en Dordrecht in Oosterhout Westad terecht te komen. Het optreden van dit kleurrijke stel op de fraaie Halvezolenlijn wilde ik ondanks het grauwe weerbeeld zeker niet missen. Na de lange rit vanuit Lage Zwaluwe werd in Oosterhout Weststad op het emplacement ter hoogte van De Graaf/Ikea van richting gewisseld en na een korte fotostop werd aan de reis terug naar Lage Zwaluwe begonnen. De Halvezolenlijn ademt een fraaie lokale sfeer en kent ook enkele herkenbare punten. We zien hier de 151 passeren kort voordat Hooge Zwaluwe weer gepasseerd wordt ter hoogte van Made. Links in beeld zien we de bekende Amercentrale, een voormalig kolencentrale die sinds enkele jaren gestookt wordt op de omstreden biomassa. De Halvezolenlijn mag wekelijks nog twee tot drie omlopen naar Oosterhout begroeten, waarbij wagens voor Graaf, Unilin en Teuben worden gebracht of gehaald. Ikea en CEVA (voorheen: Gefco) ontvangen helaas al enkele jaren geen wagens-/bloktreinen meer.
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Dr. Elliot McGucken's Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photography for Los Angeles Gallery Show !
Will be busy printing and framing in nice large, matted formats and frames and museum glass! Five of these photos will be printed on 40" x 60" floating wall mounted metal sheets! I think I know which--will share photos of the photos hanging on the walls!
And I am mounting some on plexiglass/acryllic--front mounting them! Some I am printing on lossy fuji-crystal archival paper too, and then front mounting 40"x60" versions to plexiglass--will send photos!
The secret to HDR photography is that you want people to say, "Woe dude--that's unreal!" And not, "Dude--that's not real!" "Unreal" is the word they use when they're trying to figure out the photo--what makes it cool--is it a photo? Is it painted? How'd it come to be--how'd you bend the light that way? "That's not real," is what they say if you have the saturation/HDR/ etc. turned up too high. :)
Some (almost) final edits for my Los Angeles Gallery Show! Printing them on metallic paper at 13" x 19" and mounting and framing them on a 4mm 18x24 white mat and 2" dark wood frame. Also printing some 40" x 70" which is over three feet by five feet! Wish you all could come (and hang out with the goddesses)!
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I booked a major photography show at a major LA gallery in December! Will also be giving some lectures on the story--the Hero's Odyssey Mythology--behind the photography!
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Mentor Ngozi, at Open Mic
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(Word is a series of designs for books of the Bible. This is Word: Revelation. Find out more about Word.)
Welcome to the last official Word design, folks. Whether it's your first time here or you've been with me since Genesis, Thanks for stopping by! It's been a pretty busy week around Word headquarters...
1. Free Prints! I just launched the final week of free print giveaways. This time I'm giving away 3 free Word prints. You should probably enter that contest right now.
2. 22% off prints! In addition to giving away free prints, I've also got a sale going on. Christmas is coming up soon and if you're thinking of giving the gift of a Word print this year, you can get 22% off your entire order at my ImageKind store with the code DECORATE22 through Sunday at midnight.
3. I'm a pretty big deal in Canada. CONVERGE Magazine is based in Vancouver and they recently featured my "Word: James" design on the cover of their Nov/Dec issue and also did an interview with me. You can check out an online version of the issue on their site (my interview is on page 20-21 and you can even see a picture of my ugly face). Big thanks to Shara Lee at CONVERGE for getting in touch with me and doing the interview. I babbled endlessly and she somehow put together a really cool piece out of that. If you're interested in an interview about Word, drop me a message.
4. I'm a Modern Reject. Nicole Cottrall is the person behind ModernReject.com and to celebrate the launch of her new site design she had a giveaway which included a Word print from yours truly. The giveaway ended yesterday, but head on over and check out ModernReject anyways. Nicole does some great writing and is super active with the folks that follow the site. There may be more Word stuff on her site down the road too, so stay tuned for that.
5. Don't worry. There's awesomer Bible design coming down the road. I know you may be bummed that Word is now over, but I've got something else up my sleeve. I don't want to give away too much, but me and my bud Troy DeShano over at StrongOdors are working up a new project that will involve the Bible and a crapload of awesome designers. (You may remember Troy from the inspiration post I did about him.) It's still a few months out, but I wanted to give all you loyal Wordies a heads up about it. Make sure you're following me on Facebook and Twitter for to get future updates on that.
You want awesome Revelation design? You may want to leave my site.
I was dreading Revelation for one big reason: Chris Koelle. Some of you may remember Chris from the inspiration post I did on him earlier this year. Well, since then Chris has taken on this tiny little project where he ILLUSTRATES THE ENTIRE BOOK OF REVELATION. And it is awesome. You can check out some of his Revelation designs and read an interview with him about the project on Tim Challies' site.
I'm Dumb
Revelation has been the subject of a lot of controversy (and some awful bumper stickers) over the years. Mostly having to do with all the end times stuff in ther. A lot of folks have gotten REALLY into that stuff and have very strong opinions about what the end of this chapter of humanity will be like. By now, I think you all know that being a theonerd is not my strong point, so I'm gonna tell you up front that I'm not tackling any of the deep controversial end times stuff here. I'm just to dumb for that. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's chat about what I did do with this design.
Visual Feast
For the past few weeks, I've been dealing with some pretty short and, in my opinion, visually dry books which makes things difficult. Revelation seems to come out of nowhere with battles, mythical creatures, readings of scrolls.... It's kinda like the Lord of the Rings of the Bible. With Revelation, the difficult thing was trying to narrow down on one thing.
Revelation seems like it comes straight from the Old Testament based on how much violence there is. However, there's some incredibly beautiful stuff in there too. There are several spots amidst all the violence where creatures (sometimes angels, sometimes mythical animals with eyes all over their bodies) sing beautiful songs of worship. Here's a few:
Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!
To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!
Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb
In the end, I went in a direction based on things I've heard the pastor at my church, Greg Boyd, talk about. (As a quick aside, I want to give a huge thanks to Greg. There have been many times throughout this series where his take on an passage or verse has really fueled and ignited my writing and design. If what I said has ever made sense or resonated with you, it was probably something I got from Greg. You should really check out his site.)
Violent Beauty
With all the death and violence going on, it's easy to think that Jesus is going around slitting the throats of the bad guys and laughing hysterically as the blood spews out and splatters all over his face. Here is where I love getting Greg's perspective. In short, Greg calls attention to the fact that when the lamb makes it's entrance to the climactic battle in chapter 19, it's covered in blood. But it's not the blood of his enemies, it's the lamb's own shed blood. There's also another beautiful reference in chapter 7 where it says that people have had their robes washed clean by the blood of the lamb.
Shedding his own blood. This is how the lamb fights. This is how the lamb redeems. This is how the lamb wins.
It's this kind of thing that I've seen over and over throughout this project. Jesus just does things differently. There's a love in him that makes his every action a surprising, creative and rebellious shock to our conventional fallen way of thinking. And at the same time, there's an invitation to actually become one of these creative, surprising rebellers. If you want a theonerd version of this take on Revelation, check Greg Boyd's site. (Warning: His post is in direct response to a well-known American pastor who has a slightly different view of Jesus. For this post, I'm not at all interested in that aspect. I just appreciate Greg's take on Revelation.)
So will we ever see each other again?
While I'd like to say a few more words to wrap this whole project up, I've kinda already done that with my post, "An Idiot's Guide to Reading the Bible." But look out for a couple wrap up posts down the road. In fact, I need your help to write those posts. If you check out my last free print giveaway, you'll see I'm asking folks to write in and ask me any questions they have about the project. I plan to take a bunch of those and use them to put together some Q&A posts. I couldn't have done it without your support this far, so it only makes sense to have you help me end this thing, right?
You can also still keep up with me by following my Gettin' Biblical site, where I post awesome Biblical design I come across. Or as the tag line puts it "Separating the Biblical design wheat from the Biblical design chaff."
How can I give show my appreciation for your 91 designs of awesomeness?
I'm glad you asked! If you have enjoyed this project and are wondering how you can continue to participate or give back, here are two things that I'd really appreciate:
1. Buy some prints. Right now, prints are pretty much the only way my Word designs are available. From early on, my goal was to make these as high-quality and affordable as possible because I wanted them to be accessible for everyone from churches with large budgets all the way down to working stiffs like me. I'm obviously a little biased, but I think they make great gifts. Who needs another piece of junk from Target or Wal Mart? Why not give someone some unique art instead? In fact, even if you don't get a Word print as gift for someone, look for some local artist in your area and support them by purchasing their art.
2. Start buzzing. I've always thought it would be cool to put all the designs together in a book someday. I'm realizing that the only way that will happen is if this project generates enough buzz where the publisher head honchos start hearing about it. Honestly, if that doesn't happen, I'm totally fine with it. But if you'd like to see that happen, consider sharing this project. I'm not asking you to spam everyone you know, but just sharing it with people you think may like it. You share, they share, the people they shared it with share and maybe someday a publisher head honcho hears about it. Again, if this doesn't happen, oh well. But I appreciate any sharing you've done and any you continue to do.
It's been fun sharing this with you. The future holds more awesomeness, so stay tuned.