Cosmic Icon No 9 ‘Starburst’ (Acrylic)
I dream of a night sky of deep burnished gold,
a realm of the all mighty Lord;
the one who invites us to ponder eternity,
whilst scientists probe the depths of His
Word
and the Wisdom that hovered before matter formed.
That sky is a gallery of wonderful art,
of spheres and ellipses and vast gaseous
clouds
which shape and re-shape over aeons, so
long,
that my mind and my brain must be stretched
to allow
me to worship the Lord, whose dazzling
terrain
encompasses numberless cosmic domains.
About
‘I dream of a Night Sky’
Regular visitors to my blog (to whom I am
very grateful for the encouragement your visits give) will have noticed that some of the artwork has tended to have one particular feature: a gold background (As above).
This is intended to be representative of
the Kingship of Christ over the whole cosmos, here on earth, throughout deep space
and in God’s own eternal realm, Heaven. Finding a way of expressing this has
been quite a roundabout journey for me, which has crystallized in the last year
or so.
My earlier ‘Cosmic Abstracts’ demonstrated
this Lordship by placing a cross firmly in the middle of the paintings, pastels
or embroideries. For quite a while that felt a good way to express what I hoped
would feel inviting to others: but I soon recognized that, whilst it would be
an invitation to some, to others it would be an immediate turn-off. So, for a
while, I simply took the cross out of my ‘icons’. But that was unsatisfactory
too.
When, during 2013/4, my wife, Pam, began to
be interested in the possibility of painting/writing a traditional form icon,
the idea came to me that by painting or drawing imaginary space subjects on to
a gold field, the symbolism would be clear to those who ‘have eyes to see’, but
not so explicit that the work couldn’t be enjoyed by others who might simply be
attracted to abstract art, which happens to be on a field of gold.
I have delighted with this concept, which
particularly lends itself to acrylic painting and computer generated images
(CGI): so I am now progressing further with it.
To celebrate the pleasure of uncovering
this ‘resolution’, I have penned the short poem above.
Other poems on this blog that specifically link faith and science can be found HERE