Previous posts in the “Art and” series: Art and Hope and Art and Nature.
Art and Seasons
Tag: Faith and Art
Psalm 90
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us:
and establish thou the work of our hands upon us;
yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Psalm 90: 17
Psalm 58
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?
do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Psalm 58: 1
Psalm 56
What time I am afraid,
I will trust in thee.
Psalm 56: 3
The Floral Banner Drawing is from the 1700s image collection at Reusable Art.
Poem, Photo, and Creative Note
hosta plants grow
around the ash tree stump
an abundance of health
and new green
as if to say
we knew you would not
last the storm
we are here
there is new beauty now
new hope and a new time
I wrote the poem last week, and took the photo yesterday. They were published first in posts at Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin. I call these poems journal poems. They flow from my heart, and I write them directly in posts. Often though, an image or personal reflection is with me for a long time, before I write. When I can write easily, it is because I am living with the images, and blessed by God’s grace in many ways. And as I pray the Psalms and read in general, my own writing grows. Rest is necessary too.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Poems From Psalms And Nature 