Private Performance; Dates

PRIVATE PERFORMANCE

After reading half of Francis A. Schaeffer's Art and the Bible, I had this idea of preparing a performance that is not to be viewed by any human audience.

I want to make something that is not a tract in any way. Why? So that I know that the art I create is truly worship and not something that is fame-garnering.

The very notion of this poses a challenge; God cannot be fooled. If I'm not sincere, he will know it. He is not like men, who can be mesmerized by music and visuals. He knows my heart.

Hopefully this will shape my later works. God must be the primary audience, the VIP, the mainstream critic of all my works of art.

Does this mean I'm going to delve back into Christian film? Possibly.


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DATES I WILL BE GOING ON

I probably call them "dates" because of my own weaknesses.

But I recognize them as that. On dates you want to get to know your lover more. You don't arrive late, you dress up well, you put on perfume...

You look forward to it.

And your eyes will be committing her every little movement to memory, because she is precious.

I don't want to compromise my devotional time any more.

Every day, 2:30pm to 3:30pm.

Don't be late; He won't be.

My beloved speaks and says to me:
“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away,
for behold, the winter is past;
    the rain is over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth,
    the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
    is heard in our land.
The fig tree ripens its figs,
    and the vines are in blossom;
    they give forth fragrance.
Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away.
(Song of Solomon 2:10-13)