D-day

So Friday was Dead day, all classes were cancelled (funny enough, I don't have class on Friday to begin with)
So what ended up happening was that I just slept through Friday.
I did wake up at 6, chilled out with the kids next door.

Made me realize... I'm going to miss all the art kids next semester. =(

The past few days have been just.... a total crazy blur.
Today was the first day I didn't have some huge project over my head. Freedom is a weird feeling.

It kind of feels ....like being asleep, I guess. But I guess I've even forgotten how good that feels.

Just a note. I really feel grateful towards so many people right now... like an extreme amount of gratitude.

hugs. -Rachey

Good things

I had the most wonderful day today.

My design class let out early after we turned in our notebooks.
Oh, I made a 100 on my last design quiz >:D yessss

My Comm Design class was cancelled! Study time!

Then me and Britni made brownies for parish. She's such a sweetheart. And she loves the Lord so.
I actually just love everyone in my parish and everyone at C3. Man! I'm so blessed. I just want to praise the Lord for leading me to such godly friends.

You know what? I just want to praise Him for this whole semester. It's just been more wonderful than I could have ever imagined.

Now to work on my big drawing project.

Remember friends! We're called to love..

God is Awesome

God is good, all the time.
All the time, God is good.

Simple faith.

It's so hard to just remember, amidst all the noise of life, that God is good.

~

I was exhorted the other day, and the encourager meant well, but it reminded me, the goal of my attempts at good works is not so that my brothers and sisters can pat me on the back and say, "Good job, Rachel."
By nature, I really am a selfish and unkind person. By the Spirit, I am trying to follow in my Savior's footsteps.

This is my confession. The sin of pride creeps in to try to warp the desire to glorify God into glorifying myself.

In the past, it was always about that pat on the back. Words of affirmation. They were like a drug to me. I had to keep getting that fix.

Exhortation and encouragement are two wonderful things, created for our blessing, and growth in Spirit.
But when you are encouraged, it's easy to slip into the mindset of, "Yeah, they're right. I'm awesome!" Instead of, "This is fruit of the Spirit, God is awesome."

Every good thing comes from the Father.

In the Father's eyes, the sackcloth of humility is like kingly robes.

Merry Christmas Darling

Collage Project!

This is my autobiographical narrative project!

I could explain all of it, but that would be rewriting my whole Design essay.

Anyway..
I saw this tweet and thought of Daniel.

Psalm 116

Says everything.

Psalm 116
1 I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;
he heard my cry for mercy.

2 Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.

3 The cords of death entangled me,
the anguish of the grave came over me;
I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

4 Then I called on the name of the Lord:
"Lord, save me!"

5 The Lord is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.

6 The Lord protects the unwary;
when I was brought low, he saved me.

7 Return to your rest, my soul,
for the Lord has been good to you.

8 For you, Lord, have delivered me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,

9 that I may walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.

10 I trusted in the Lord when I said,
"I am greatly afflicted";

11 in my alarm I said,
"Everyone is a liar."

12 What shall I return to the Lord
for all his goodness to me?

13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord.

14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.

15 Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his faithful servants.

16 Truly I am your servant, Lord;
I serve you just as my mother did;
you have freed me from my chains.

17 I will sacrifice a thank offering to you
and call on the name of the Lord.

18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,

19 in the courts of the house of the Lord—
in your midst, Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord.

Bologna

I may have mentioned this earlier but....
I just love "bad" music. Well, what makes most people gag. I got sucked into it.. it's like a black hole.

You know what I'm talking about, right?
.... cheesy 90's music. Yes. Also, Justin Bieber.
Don't judge. I think it's cute..

But after listening to *NSYNC sing about "dirty pop".... I had the clever idea of googling 90's Christian Music.

That's how I came across this band called Plus One. ..Okay, technically, they were big in the 2000s, but still.

Even if you think it sounds dumb, and some of it I concede is so NSYNC-y that you might not like it, you should still check out their song "Be Love." It's just so good.

I still consider myself a trustworthy source of decent music! I listen to good music also! Jon Foreman is always there to remind me of what real music sounds like...

Well, you might not care so much about that, but I got a pretty swell grade on my issue development portfolio, along with a comment from my teacher that I was a "strong writer."

Darn! Dumb old design project's due tomorrow. I have it 98% done. all I have to do is mount it on some bristol board.

I only say "dumb old" because the project is "tarot cards" and we have to make them and then analyze what they mean. I'm not going to be obnoxious about how I think it's bologna, but I mean.... there will be commentary in my analysis that definitely suggests the bologna-eque nature of this assignment.

On a brighter note, the C3 clothing drive is today. So I can finish these tarot cards and skip on down to church again....

You know, the art department could really use more Jesus.
It's almost a shame that I'm leaving it.

God is faithful!

J&J's!

So!!! Last night was pretty fun! and of course it was, because it was a show!

A show with bands with friends! And friends in bands! And lovely music.

Nathan Miller and the Loverlies played first! It was fun playing djimbe! I've grown to really love the sound of miscellaneous percussion as opposed to a full trap set.

Then was the Cumulonimbus Band! In which the esteemed Mr Jon Ladner was playing and singing! The lyrics of their songs were so clever. That guy is a strange bird! In a good way.

Then Across Waters played! I feel a little bad because it's hard for me to appreciate instrumental music live, I like listening to it with eyes closed in the privacy of my own contemplation, but their stuff is energetic and pulls me onboard the groove train anyway!

.... I love Denton

Here we go a-wassailing!

I always said "wuh-sale" when I read wassail.
So that was a shocker, the first time someone said "Wossle"
But!! Wassail-fest was such a complete and total BLAST.

I got to Christmas carol again - it's such a joy, joy joy! =D

And then there was lots of free fun stuff! Like free hot chocolate! And "puppy chow" which is .... chex mix with powdered sugar and peanut butter.. I think

But it was really really fun! I had a great night!
The Denton square at night always fills my heart with joy. it's so lovely.

And Brave Combo!! I've been listening to them since I was a wee tot!
So....that was really cool.

Next post:
Tomorrow night the Loverlies will be playing at J&J's pizza - sounds like another night of smiles, love and laughter to me!! =)

Watercolor

I've always loved watercolor. It's so beautiful. My favorite medium of all time.

Both of my Design and Drawing final projects gave us a choice of what medium we wanted to use - so, no surprise, I chose watercolor.

I found out I can't do watercolor for Drawing, though, it has to be achromatic - oops. I really like charcoal though - I'll just do that instead!

But I can't very well write about how much I love watercolor without including some of my own works that I painted in Design today!

This is going to be for design I think - I painted it from an image I came up with digitally.

This is a watercolor "cover" of a photograph I took of my brother putting his hands around a candle. It's called "The Modern Prometheus."

A practice charcoal of the snake I'm going to incorporate in a conceptual drawing....

Have a fantastic day!