Sunday, March 1, 2015
Thursday, February 19, 2015
New Wall Design
The original plan for the wall was to have three large waves
but because of their size I am suggesting to just have one large wave
with a couple pairs of smaller waves to accompany the large wave.
This weekend the wall would look like this.
The weekly words and icons would be added over the next weeks as originally planned.
Saturday, February 14, 2015
The Living Water Rises
I don't know why I thought I had time to muse on Easter today, but I did anyway, and this came to me.
8 9 8 9
Behold! Ye crackling, arid lands,
And all your people, gravely thirsting;
Now rushes o'er your dying sands
The Living Water’s torrent bursting!
The Christ, the babe of meager means,
The wandering healer, teacher, brother,
The broken body, crucified,
Has triumphed as has never other;
8 8 D
For he has risen; death defied,
In spite of nails, and lance, and blood
And water flow’d from piercèd side,
This dying stream turned living flood?
Hear now, O people! Raise your eyes!
Let not another precious tear
drop vainly on the parchèd soil;
For now our thirst, our grief, our fear
7 7 D
Washes away! The Living
Water, a spring e’er flowing,
Welling within, e'er giving
Life to all souls bestowing!
Allelu, Alleluia
sing to the Living Water
Rising! Sing Alleluia,
Allelu, Alleluia!
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Developing Easter thoughts …Resurrection Fountain Garden
Three
sculptural Resurrection Fountains can be made from hypertufa with accompanying
circular basins. The water would not spray but bubble. It can be pumped up the length of the
sculptures and/or come from brightly colored hoses spiraling up the
fountains. The Easter garden flowers
will integrate beautifully into this as well along with four wedge planters
that can also contain Easter flowers. Again, this provides an great opportunity
for group involvement.
This year we
will process the banners which will be adorned with watery
overlays
. They will serve as a backdrop to the chancel
and its sides.
Glitter?, you ask...of course!
Developing Easter thoughts … Congregation Participation
Inspired by
our activity on the floor several years ago, we could develop an idea during
the Lenten journey for the congregation to get in on the action that gradually
blues as it nears the font or it may be a watery surprise at Easter and the
bubbles that the people fill out during the Lenten season reappear as water
bubbles along the gush of water from the font to the chancel or vice
versa.
Developing Easter thoughts …Easter- large white wall
After the desert sands of Lent, a roiling gush
of water can conceptually refresh the Easter soul on the large white wall of
the sanctuary. Made of sectioned foam and paper this should be light weight and
easy to execute. A good group project
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Friday, January 16, 2015
Lent Wall
Ash Wednesday - I AM with flame
Week 1 - God with sprig
Week 2 - Trust with Drop of Water
Week 3 - Freedom with Garden
Week 4 - Justice with Waves
Week 5 - Wholeness with Water
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Thirsty2
After noodling and some refining...
The graphic water drop is now minimal in the basic design
but would be a key component in patterning and other secondary usage.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
WALL INITIAL ROUGH CONCEPT
This is a start at the idea of water gushing across the wall using the insulation foam as the substrate attached to the wall. The material can easily be engineered to allow the water to flow over the cement vertical in the middle.
We can kcik around how this will adjust for for Lent, Lent going into Easter and Easter itself.
The shooting jets from the Detroit airport are very cool but extremely distracting. I am now more emergized over the concept of a sculptural fountain we'd construct of colorful hoses spraying water. Could be cool, could be a real mess! At least we have something to since our teeth into!
We can kcik around how this will adjust for for Lent, Lent going into Easter and Easter itself.
The shooting jets from the Detroit airport are very cool but extremely distracting. I am now more emergized over the concept of a sculptural fountain we'd construct of colorful hoses spraying water. Could be cool, could be a real mess! At least we have something to since our teeth into!
WATER INSPIRATION
A series of these forming a continuous undulating wave across the large white wall.....
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