PIECE #1 - LET THERE BE...

Title :  "Let There Be..."

Date :  05/31/11

Materials:  Acrylic, Polyester Thread, Coated Wire

Description:
This piece was inspired by God's act of creation, both in the universal sense and the personal sense.  Something is born into lack.  Be it light, sky, seas or life itself; an idea, a conviction or even a desire, all are created to fill a void.  It is when we leave the act of creation up to God, that we see such expanses filled to the zenith of their potential.

"Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep."

    - Genesis 1:2 (NIV)

In this piece the emptiness, or lack, is represented by black threads.  The dynamism of these threads portrays the formlessness of the lack.  It calls out for structure, calls out for purpose, but when such a call is answered, there is resistance.  The very newness of creation causes unrest.  It is not of the authority of the lack however, to deem the commencement or even the identity of the creation.  That power belongs to God, the Creator.  Upon the onset of creation, the lack is overcome, it recoils and dies.

The white circles represent the epicenter of the creation.  Power radiating outward from a single and eternal source; pushing through the emptiness, all the while consuming it, allowing the creation to trump the lack.

The white threaded form represents the creation itself.  Organic and dynamic, it represents everything God-breathed.  Still in its embryonic stage, the form is destined to grow into indentity.  Though currently unrecognizable by human eyes, it still bears the same material as its creator.

Side note:

In order to create the white form in the center of the piece, I created a nifty little device to help hold the thread in a grid pattern.  May I present to you...

The HairLoom*

Ba-Zing!

*patent pending (just kidding, Feds)

Thanks for the prayers! Keep 'em up, I'll need them!