“Who We Are” [Series of Reflections on David du Chemin’s Book The Soul Of The Camera - pp. 172-179]
The question, “Who are you?” Quite open-ended is;
In Spanish, “ser”, “estar” make complicated biz
Of what for us is plain – in any way you choose,
Reveal to us the truth, and give at least some clues.“Authentic” label’s used where art work is at home,
To speak of “author’s” work, “authoritative” tome;
For in such work we get some “authenticity”;
Where deep speaks unto deep – we free reality.Self-Revelation is in art – what authors do;
We can’t escape that fact, it bridges me with you;
“A book is a machine, in which the reader thinks”;
So too in photo-art which slips through armor’s chinks.“Exploratory art” (for us all art is this),
Reveals are deeper selves, which often we can miss;
But other viewers see our blindsides and our lives,
We grow-up through the dust and smoke of sunset skies.“God-breathed” all art can be, as we abide in Him;
The Kingdom-layered life is where we can begin –
Our center-point is still, like pinwheel’s central pin,
From whence we make our art – in Him it all begins.Thanks Lord for this.
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