"Stretching Himself as if again,
through downpress of dust
upward, soil giving way
to thread of white, that reaches
for daylight, to open as green
leaf that it is . . . "
Denise Levertov
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A collection of pen and ink drawings inspired by religious poetry.
All art copyright (c) Israel Galindo.
Art by Israel Galindo
For several years my daily devotional practice has involved reading Scripture and poetry with meditation on the text of both. Later I incorporated imaging as part of the daily discipline of lectio divina. These ink drawings are a result of that practice.
After reading and meditating on the text, I focus on the meaning and feeling of the message. This, personally, is an important facet of the discipline since my tendency is to live too much “in my head.” Once an image suggests itself I quickly sketch it on paper using ink and brush. The drawings are impromptu with no attempt made to correct mistakes (that will be obvious). Which means that I learn to live with the mistakes, since I'm not looking for "perfection" in the end product. Rather, the final sketch is just an expression of the end of a process—an end to a means, so to speak. Each sketch takes no more than fifteen minutes to complete. Incorporating the artistic dimension into the devotional practice has allowed for an integration of the cognitive and affective elements of the Scripture passages. I hope you enjoy the sketches with the first line of the poems that inspired them.
Israel Galindo is Dean and Professor of Christian Education Formation at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond.
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- Proverbs 31
- Revelation 6:7-8
- Mark 8:24
- Genesis 3:17, 18
- Deuteronomy 26:5
- The Second Coming
- Ascension
- Via Negativa
- On Belief of the Physical Resurrection of Jesus
- Hast Thou No Scar?
- John 1:14
- Facing It
- Arc of the Lilly
- Judas
- The Twelve
- Luke XXIII
- His Savior's Words Going to the Cross
- Good Friday
- Finally, One Arrives
- The Rule
- The Question
- Calvary
- African Easter Good Frday
- The Arrest
- The Trial
- Pontius Pilate
- In All Ages
- Often Have I Tried to Follow You
- Pilate's Headquarters
- Found of Them That Sought Him Not
- Why Wonder That He Doffed His Garments
- The Last Supper
- A Calvary Path
- The Convert
- Lazarus
- Jesus with the Daughter of Jairus
- In the Wilderness
- Mother of Consolation
- Shadow of the Father
- A Eucharistic Hymn to the Virgin Mary
- Advent Saturday With Catrina
- Advent Visitation
- Incarnation
- Hope
- A Curse on Herod
- The Centurian
- We Know the Scene
- The Three Kings
- Journey of the Magi
- A Song For Simeon
- 25.XII.1993
- John 1:14
- To The Infant Martyrs
- Herod's Suspicions
- The Magi
- Magnificat
- Could I Know?
- Born of Mary
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Bill Tuck's book on the many faces of Christ contains some of the illustrations featured on this site.
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