Moleskine Sketches

March 26, 2007 - 9:50am

Paul Soupiset and his family have been attending our church for a couple of months. I met Paul and his wife Amy at an emerging church gathering here in San Antonio. I have a lot of sympathies with the emergent church movement, and Covenant Baptist Church (I hope) embodies some of its principles.

Anyway, Paul is an artist. No really, like a serious artist. I was knocking around his blog and noticed that he is doing a small watercolor painting in a Moleskin watercolor journal each day during Lent. I love them. He brought the actual book to church last week, and I got to see the originals. This one is my favorite so far. I spent some time looking at it and letting my mind prayerfully drift.

These are very interesting and tender paintings. They reflect Paul's mindset during Lent. And, in proper emergent fashion, the line between sacred and secular is blurred, if not obliterated. And that is a thing that I like.

So, I'm pleased to display Paul's work. Paul did all the html and design for this microgallery. Enjoy.

ps - If you visit Paul's blog you can read some of his reflections on these paintings.

 

Submitted by Keith on March 26, 2007 - 11:17am.

Those are terrific. Makes me wish I had some illustration work to contract out right now.

Submitted by OldPoet on March 26, 2007 - 1:30pm.

The first time I saw these, I told Gordon, "Is is wrong that I both love him and hate him...just because of these?"

OldPoet
Submitted by Anonymous User on March 26, 2007 - 3:17pm.

"Turn this geode into a scone." I love it.

Good lord, there's even a Python reference.

-Amanda

Submitted by rlp on March 26, 2007 - 9:04pm.

yeah, I love that.

Submitted by Anonymous User on March 26, 2007 - 5:28pm.

Love'em...wish they were for sale. Very impressive work.

Submitted by visual-voice on March 26, 2007 - 6:00pm.

SPLENDIFEROUS!

Submitted by digory on March 26, 2007 - 9:18pm.

Please explain the "blurring" between the secular and the sacred. Do you mean there is is something "sacred" in the secular, or there is something secular in the sacred? Also, please, in a few words, define the emergent movement. Thanks

Submitted by rlp on March 26, 2007 - 10:47pm.

I gave a link to info about the emergent movement. You know, traditionally you would paint a church or Jesus or a cross or something like that and call it a sacred painting. If you painted a car or a bird or a coke can, it would be a secular thing.

Paul's work incorporates it all. And why not? I suppose I think that everything is sacred, or at least that the line is hard to define.

Submitted by digory on March 27, 2007 - 6:54am.

Appreciate you taking the time to respond.

Submitted by xyp on March 26, 2007 - 10:31pm.

amazing stuff.

Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.

Submitted by Anonymous User on March 30, 2007 - 8:22pm.

Gordon hello, it's so good to come back here and see these wonderful sketches and your continuing thought-provoking writings. So sorry I haven't been visiting more often - you know how it is...time just sweeps in like huge wave and carries us out to sea. Well, something like that. I'd love to be in your mini-gallery with "The God Interviews"!

Submitted by Anonymous User on March 30, 2007 - 8:24pm.

oops! I didn't mean to be an anonymous commenter. How did that happen? It's me, Natalie (aka Augustine) in London.

Submitted by casey rousseau on March 31, 2007 - 10:15am.

When our parish renovated our Memorial Garden a half dozen years ago or so, we had a labyrinth installed using simple pavers. This cut down by about 25% the area of the Garden covered by grass that needs to be mown or otherwise maintained to keep the place conducive to quiet contemplation.

C

Submitted by durb on April 4, 2007 - 1:19pm.

Glad to see Soup's work featured here. 'Tis a small world...