Musings

I've no idea who accesses this blog and for what reason; is it  out of curiosity to gaze momentarily at some fairly mediocre amateur art, or to read some of the little comments which accompany the images?  So, here are some thoughts which go with the images on this blog and related to this new picture. I'm an Anglican priest, a Benedictine oblate, a retiring mental health chaplain and an artist of passionate interest and mediocre capablity. They are all connected. It's all to do with contemplation. It's also to do with seeing the "sacred" in the ordinary stuff of life, looking for depth, shade, colour, nuances, connections and meanings. Prayer, art, contemplation, creativity, communication are all connected, what some people would call "spirituality", a much over-used word and one I shall personally be glad to be rid of. Basically, to draw and paint you have to see, and to see, you have to draw and paint. Watching and gazing are crucial to being a human being of depth.
If you want to engage with these thoughts I would be pleased to hear from you:
jehair777@aol.com or james.hair@live.co.uk

meanwhile, I drew this young lady as she was gazing at the incoming tide and did a small acrylic of her.