Welcome to my little corner of Renderosity. I am interested in many things besides art, for example, languages. I read 15 languages, and I have 140 languages on my web site. I don't really write other languages, though, so don't be surprised if I leave a broken comment for you. :) Please feel free to leave me a comment in another language, too.
Prints of my art can be purchased at deviantARTBIOThese days, my entire life is gathered around art in some form or another. I have a bachelor's degree in art, which I chose so I wouldn't have to sit in a classroom all day listening to people talk. :) I got very serious about art after the last of our seven children left home. Prior to that, I was busy homeschooling them. Besides visual arts, I love to make music. I play piano, organ, recorder (a wooden instrument somewhat like a flute), and classical guitar, and I sing. In the past, I have also played gamelan (a gamelan orchestra consists of sets of tuned metal gongs and bells with a couple of drums, and originated in Asia in places like Bali), I rehearsed for awhile with the local balalaika orchestra, playing autoharp, and I have studied with Xochimoki, a Latin American native musical group. In addition to music, I practice the martial art of taekwondo. I have a second degree black belt. Concrete art for me includes pottery (I sometimes design my own glazes, and I especially love raku), a little bit of sculpture, needlepoint (I use fancy yarns and stitches and sometimes invent my own), macrame, circular weaving, and I draw in color pencil. I also like to design artistic web sites. I have a passion for photography, and I am slowly working my way through scenic sites in Arizona and neighboring states. In digital art, I make art in Terragen, Bryce, Vue d'Esprit, Ultrafractal, Xenodream, and Apophysis. I am trying to learn Mojoworld. In addition to my sponsor site, you can see more of my art at my professional site: Extraplicity. Prints of many of my images are available at deviantART.
Spiritually, I am an heiress to the wonderful doctrinal legacy of Martin Luther, and a joint heiress with Christ. Soli Deo Gloria.
Comments (5)
Darcy5278
This is a hot topic, with many fierce opinions on both sides. But, I, for one, agree with you. Every person who ever committed a crime in the USA deliberately disregarded one or more of the Ten Commandments in the process. Throw those out and we might just as well tear down all the prisons. Yet our "justice" system is so addicted to making up new laws and legal theories that they no longer want to be reminded of the ultimate foundation of all Western legal systems. Sad but predictable.
PatGoltz
Thanks for your comment, Darcy! You made my day. One of the functions of art is to make a statement on political and religious questions. I made mine here. I have been following the Judge Moore case rather closely, and I have to say it is probably one of the most egregious examples of raw judicial power being used to destroy a person I have seen in this country in a long time. Perhaps it's time for another image!
Oldrogue
The image is the embodiment of the feelings of a majority of the people in this country. You captured it perfectly. It used to be that I would never comment on 'political' art, however with all that the federal judges have done over the past half century, I (and many others) have just about had enough. Thank you my friend for your image.
SurfAce
Pledging allegiance to a piece of clothes is a weird enough thing to do. Doing it "under god" was plain backward. Middle ages are over.
PatGoltz
I sort of agree with you, and this is far from a godly nation. However, the principle that some high and mighty judge can order us (or a schoolchild, for that matter) not to say the Pledge if we feel like it is unacceptable. That's what I am objecting to.