I remember taking this picture. The glow from the setting sun served to show the contrast in colors of the different leaves, ranging from green, bright orange, red and yellow. The grass on the ground was still green and the water was just muddy brown, but for sure, the entire picture is just a vision. The bird is the focal piece that puts the final signature on the magnificent canvas. It would have been a true joy to enjoy this scene the day I took the picture, but honestly, my massive head-ache barely managed to bring the scene into focus in my throbbing head long enough to allow me to snap it. Yet, here I am today unable to take my eyes off the scene. There are so many combinations of harmonious colors ranging from plain green to majestic red with every monochromatic and analogous colors in between; lime green, mustard yellow, pastel pink, mint, chartreuse, brick red, peach, magenta...and oh so many more colors. The artist in me wants to name each blend of the yellow/green, red/orange... I simply do not have the color-vocabulary to define them all. The contrast provided by the dark tree trunk and branches only adds to its beauty. It is so breathtaking.
Suddenly it occurred to me...God is THE artist!
He is the ultimate creator of beauty that --- if we don't stop and look around us once in a while --- we could pass by beauty and not know it. He has given this lovely creation yet the only appreciation I could show was to freeze this moment of time in a picture and tuck it away for a viewing at my own convenience.
I wonder, does God give us these gifts of beauty because we need a constant reminder that He is with us no matter where our feet take us or do we simply notice them whenever we choose to acknowledge them? Either way, I praise God in all the beauty around me.
4 comments:
Oh Noel...You kept this picture to yourself for so long?!!
Not nice you know!!
Sharing this picture and your artistic words to us, your friends is more than giving us 20 dollars!!
I will go to work now driving over 20 miles on the frozen roads and down Katy's snowy driveway with this lovely picture in my heart and it will surely bring to my mind the coming of spring again!
How many more of these treasures have you got stored away in your vault Noel Lewis?
You never cease to amaze me and that Curious Servant being the teacher that he is must see your talent...that is for sure!...
God continue to bless you Noel...from your forever friend.... Terry
AWESome Noel!
and I feel the same as you , That God is a AWESome painter, he is everything!
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I just wrote a post which was inspired by the song "The Crane Wife". I could have used this picture in it, it is so perfect.
Nice post, my friend.
What a lovely picture. In answer to your question, I think it's both -- constant beauty always but also special meaning particularly when we need it most.
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