by Rich Brimer | Jun 19, 2008 | beauty, memior, Painting, quotes |
John O’donohue tells us about “thresholds”… “thresholds which comes from “thrashing” – which is to separate the grain from the husk. So, the threshold is a place – you move into a more critical, challenging...
by Rich Brimer | Jun 2, 2008 | beauty |
The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere – in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion and in ourselves. When we experience the Beautiful, there is a sense of homecoming. Some of our most wonderful...
by Rich Brimer | May 27, 2008 | beauty, Painting |
On the left is the first version of “Hannah Face” which was painted in 50 minutes with a 2.5″ house painting brush. It was done during a church service while on stage. It has been just sitting around since I started it a few months ago, but I finally...
by Rich Brimer | May 2, 2008 | beauty |
Below is an embedded book called Offerings, from the Soil. It is published by the Brehm Center at Fuller. They have included my story “Planting Seeds” that I wrote about my grandmother, Lucy Brimer. Click the middle of the book to open it full size in a...
by Rich Brimer | Apr 23, 2008 | beauty, General, memior |
In some ways, my recent trip to Assisi was a passage into a new realm… a new reality for me. A realm that allowed me to be far away from all of the things that collect my attention. Passages are like thresholds in that it is what you pass over or go through to...
by Rich Brimer | Apr 21, 2008 | beauty, Painting |
Here is a quote from a pastor named Chris Seay from Ecclesia in Houston, TX. I love what he says here about Art & Beauty… “Some people’s idea if great art is what looks nice, something nice to hang on a wall. What I hope for in a sermon… in...
