So, watched Avatar last night. I know, I'm late getting on the bandwagon, but it was phenomenal. The graphics, way it was taped, I loved it. I wasn't even going to go at first but my little bro pretty much forced me, and I'm glad he did. :P

I think what got to me the most, and got me thinking, was the fact that God offers that world to us here, if we seek for Him. In the original Hebrew language, there is no word for spiritual because EVERYTHING is spiritual in God's eyes. If we take the time daily to see God in little things, enjoy this gift of life we've been given, life doesn't seem too bad. Even through times of 'great sorrow' He is still here, we just need to seek. Isaiah says 'Look to me and be saved.' Not look to me and someday I might change things for you, but look to me and you are saved. Not changing the world necessarily at this moment, but changing our outlook on the world. Our God is greater than Eywa, because we don't need special trees or even churches to speak to him- He is everywhere. There's no way we can be separated from Him until we deliberately make the choice.

Creator and Creation.

I was watching a video by Rob Bell the other day, and he said something that made me think a lot about the human race.

Rob talked about how God, completely spiritual, loves to create. And so he created, and then loved his creation. He created this world that is completely physical, the opposite of everything that the I AM represents, and called it good.

But not great. He wasn't finished yet.

Then he created man, a being that is completely physical and at the same time, completely spiritual. This being would work and die and reproduce (I suppose God thought of reproduction in the beginning.. or maybe not. Imagine Adam waking up after God decided that! haha) as other physical creatures, but the being also can create, can love as his creator loves. This being named and became master of everything on earth. Then He(being God) made another creature, a creature that man was not master of, but complimentary to. Another spiritual and physical being, that would rule alongside him.

The point of this story (to me, anyway) was the purpose of God creating. Of making both man and woman capable of love and the love to create. To worship God is to be pleased with what He's given us, isn't it? To give the creator the very best of all our creations. Why we baptize ourselves. Why we dedicate children to the church.

But have we lost our focus? More than once(okay, the majority of the time), my art has been about me. I constantly think about how I need to get a perfect photo so people will see it and think that I'm good. That I'll be able to be proud of my work.

Which brings me to the point of my story:

Who is the greater artist: the one who creates the sunset, or the one who paints it?

No doubt that we are all made to create. But we should be never be distracted and overruled by our art to the point that we forget the one who gave us the gifts in the first place.

Kinden Family Portraits

Did a photography session with such a beautiful and sweet family. Had a blast with them, thanks for letting me take pictures with you guys! :)

First post?

I've always wanted to be a blogger. I creep photo blogs like a pro, but really, I've been scared to death of trying it myself. I even made a sample blog that I knew nobody would ever see, just so I could try it out for myself.

I live in Newfoundland, Canada. I talk a lot, I laugh a lot, and I love to see the fog rolling like cream from a bucket over the rocky hillside that I call home.

Art, in any form, is a simple love for me - I paint with brushes. I paint with cameras, lenses. I paint with words. I paint with numbers. I paint with Photoshop. I paint with a saxophone, bass guitar, piano, laughter. I paint with my feet when I travel, my hands when I speak, my lips when I kiss, my ears when I listen, my frying pan when I burn french toast, my life as I worship. All are forms of worship, all are forms of art, all are forms of beauty.