A Man Doing A Kickbox Pose On A Roof Art

animal standing in natural pose
animal standing in natural pose
animal standing in natural pose
Magical girl transformation
animal standing in natural pose
Now, those captains must learn what the river will do
when it makes that great turn out of sight.
How it dashes them up on the rocks of the shore
How it spins to the left and the right.
It beats them and breaks them and crushes their pride
Leaves them dizzy and sick and all jumbled inside
‘til they’ve all but forgotten that glorious ride
lying flat on their deck in the sun.
There they lie, drying out in the sun.

As you round the point where the river was bent
and survey the great wideness ahead,
you can see all those captains alone on their decks,
beat and broken and very near dead.
Then the current takes hold and there’s naught you can do
as it drags you down into its maw.
Headed straight for those rocks, you make ready to crash
but at last, you rise up, roll and yaw.

Going back and away, then forward again,
fearing each time, the rocks will prevail!
You’re trapped in a cycling, circling tide,
in an eddy withstanding a gale.
But each time you circle that great whirling tide
and you’ve not hit the rocks or been thrown to the side
and you’re kept from the falls, cascading and wide,
for the eddy’s small mercy give praise.
Give the merciful currents your praise!
a group of birds sitting on top of a tree branch
animal standing in natural pose
bicyle resting against a wall
a painting of a man with wings in a dark room
a painting of a man sitting in a dark room
a statue of a man with his arms in the air
In days to come I stood amazed, walking through that forest, at the blazing symphony of color it brought forth, seemingly just for me.  I grew to love my friend’s words in a new way, through the astounding beauty of the spectacle he knew was coming when he said them.  I was young then, and didn’t know I had many autumns ahead of me.
An island goddess spirit robed in green leaves covertly 
sits beside a castaway man on a beach who is reading a book
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
A cosmic nebula
three little birds sitting on a branch in the rain
a shirtless man standing in front of a fence
Assumption into heaven
a tree in nature
Dancing deity with four arms
Jesus and the thieves on the cross; all people of color
a woman with a blue light on her face
It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart
Athletic figure in motion
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
First century Palestine.  An evening scene on a rooftop in Bethlehem.  The summer air is warm and the evening light is soft.  Jesus, wearing ordinary clothing like most men wear, sits at a table across from a Pharisee named Nicodemus who has come to speak to the Master privately.  One or two servers stand nearby.  There is a clay pitcher and 2 drinking cups on the table.  The town is visible in the background.
8-bit knight sprite
a painting of a shirtless man in a dark room
portrait of a person with expressive eyes
New York City
Explosion of creativity
a man standing next to a window in a room
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature