Merry Christmas

merry christmas to all and to all a good year

Whether your christmas is fancy with spandagles and bangles or simple with less bangle than spandangle don't forget the reason for the season... and may god's love be your best gift.

Christmas time has come again
with presents, lights and snow
so bright and new
I can do with out so many gifts,Jesus
Cause I've got you.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

-The Revig

A Thought on Eternity

James 4:14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away.

John 3:16b whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Forgive me for waxing philosophical but when I saw these two passages paired something more than their singular meanings became apparent to me. If, as john says, we have everlasting life through Jesus, and yet this life is even a vapour according to James then how do we live it? how should we live it?



-The Revig

Picture You

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picture you
picture me
in a lost state of mind
traveling through a stream
of a cause undefined
I look around and see
he's waiting for me
I gotta go
can't let the pain show
we are two different worlds
and different plans
peace I feel
I understand

you smiled so broad
when my hope was so dim
now I smile deep within
you let me see heaven in a living hell
now I know all is well...

picture you
picture me

A Birthday present for melody

-The Revig

P.S. sorry for not posting much art this month either. unfortunately all my current work is confidential. otherwise this would be overflowing :D

The Tree

From Mama Online:

The tree by *firesign24-7 on deviantART

You were once a small tree that was on its way to growing strong and tall, but then a storm came. The winds blew upon your little tree and shook its branches. The rains beat down your precious, much-adored leaves; you watched as they fell to the ground or were blown away by the strong winds.

After the storm had passed, you were barely strong enough to stand up. The remaining leaves were small and few; you felt ugly and weak. You had lost so much of what was dear to you and what you considered important.

“Ah, the sun has returned,” you said. “Now I’ll grow strong again and will reach high into the sky!” But you can’t lift your branches, you can’t stand tall again. You try, and you’re sure that you’ll be able to do it, but your branches are just too heavy. You don’t know what to do. “All is lost!” you cry to yourself.

Suddenly you feel strong hands upon your weak little frame, and a sturdy plank from an older tree is placed beside you. You’re fastened to it. You don’t understand what’s happening. You feel the aches and pains of being tied to this piece of wood and of being straightened again.

The Gardener tells you that it’s for your good. But you so wanted to prove that you could do it on your own. You feel that this help will prove that you are a weak tree that He’ll have to eventually prune way back, or possibly uproot altogether.

But soon you begin to grow stronger; new leaves start growing and your little branches are thickening. The Gardener comes to you and says, “I knew you could do it, little apple tree. I have great things planned for you! You will feed and nourish many. I knew there was hope. I knew that the storm wouldn’t knock you down.” He gently removes the plank that held you in place.

You feel wobbly at first, but when you feel the wind press against you, it doesn’t bend you over or break you. You’ve been made strong through the help of the plank. Your trunk is now sturdy, your leaves are more secure, and you even see little budding flowers—the beginning of the fruit that is soon to come!

So even if the winds of life bend you and batter you, remember that I can come and help you to stand tall. My Word, and the help of those who have gone before you, will give you the strength to stand strong again. There is hope for you, My little tree, for you are destined to stand strong and tall, reaching high into the sky!

-The Revig

happy T-Day!!!

where did the year go?! only yesterday it was march and now were all the way in december, that's wrong...



but ummm yeah... Thank you Jesus

On that note, I hope you all didn't stuff yourselves too much... there's still christmas dinner to think about! heh... sorry for the lack of updates here, I've been too busy with... real life and other things...

Thank you Jesus that the septic field to our house was finally finished two weeks ago... kudos to my older brother Tim for operating the bobcat... that was a monster of a job that took us all summer and then some to complete.... WOOT!!! I have never felt so useful or tired in all my life :D chucking rocks out of dirt will do that for you... and now instead of the grand canyon we have a mohave dessert... but we also have a toilette

and we also have a colored living room and kitchen... yeah that was a family project there too... my sister Jonie from kentucky helped some with that... She and I cut while Tim mostly rolled... it's a nice slate blue with a "cream" yellow on one end of the living room and then in the kitchen right as you walk in is green... I mean really GREEN that it says HI!!! it was fun though... we also did a neat little blending number (with the blue and cream) that came out alright...

Well, the relatives are leaving and now it's back to real life... I need to get back on top of my word time and school... not to mention my art...




but that's life and we all thank the Lord for it

-The Revig

Some Metanoya Videos

Found these:



I'm a bit biased about these guys: METANOYA IS THE BEST BAND EVER!!! hahhaha ... so of course I like it, but...

While the beginning is wonderfully done and brian is great and all why did they have to go and ruin it with the... clown in the cape? like, seriously, what's with the coffee? I'm trying to figure out the whole back story while watching it but at the same time enjoy it, which really breaks the ambience... God bless brian. I know he tried and the rest of it is great, some real quality footage, but the bald guy... just doesn't do it with me... I like the fact that he's trying to give it some depth and he did well with what he had to work with, but the "story" is a little distracting

But hey, cheers! I'm just jazzed about getting something new from them!


We liked this one better, though what is up with the "fake obama" and the O they're making with their hands I'll never know?...


Good stuff!


-The Revig

Well...

Barack Obama won...

Reinventing Myself

Well I figure it's time I gave you some pictorial evidence of my existance...

these will probably be the last pics of my hair, sadly...



and some photoshop fun! (that nose is rather missleading




it seems like my sketches will be coming back to me from ws in a day or two... can't wait, I'm getting itchy fingers :D


writer's block is the bomb no?

-The Revig

I can't take my eyes off of you



I can't take my eyes off of you


I can't take my eyes off of you



I can't take my eyes off of you



I can't take my eyes off of you






I can't take my eyes off of you...



Jesus

"Press Release"

I think it's time to tell you what's been happening with me and try to explain something that might be important

Recently I have accepted a freelance 'job' as a concept artist for "brave visions"a production company run by Troy Leblanc, a former (favorable) member... what we're working on is a tabletop rpg with family principles and features... such as the keys, angels, spiritual weapons etc(strait out of the letters he says)... all for the gp... basically what your getting is a veiw of the spiritual warfare as it really is(or at least I think it is I've had no time to actually play it yet) and at the same time well be giving them what truly matters... of course there's money involved... I won't run the numbers but grossly conservative figures are a bit obscenely large... which scares me a little...I've been working with them for about a month now and have completed a few drawings for the game... mostly generic character sort of things for player's conceptualization (I think I just made that up)... I'm not sure when we'll be producing in actuality but we should be able to see it roughly by next year... very roughly...

I think I just made things all the more complicated by going and applying to feild contribute art for ws... because it just seems that that is what the Lords been preparing me for all along. I use prophecy to some extent in my art(I need to do it more but still I do ask 'is this right lord?' etc, etc) I know that contributing isn't about doing it my way and that I'm doing this for the family not just myself, so I might have to do things that are not my cup of tea(like comic art :D) and I hope I'm open to shepherding in regards to my art... or even to let someone else fix it (a little)... I know I probably need to grow a lot in these areas, but for some reason ws just feels... right... and what's really weird is the day that they wrote back I finished a comic strip for my mom for a 12fs class... which is what they are looking for, comics that is, and that one only took me a day to finish...PTL anyway, I've already sent in my second assignment sketch and it is currently passing review (we can only hope)... and I can hardly wait till they can get back to me so I can start coloring... I want to get my money's worth out of my tablet pen I had to replace.

for both I've made the comitment not to put pencil to paper until I've heard from the lord specifically for what it is I'm doing.... this is so i can be sure I'm getting it right to start with

so far I've been able to juggle both ws and bravevisions well enough... of course putting my work for the family above the other... but it hasn't really been easy... on our current schedule I've maybe got two hours after dinner and dishes to work on both sometimes shorter for divine duties... but that's not the half of it... I need to be in the right place spiritually in order to receive the right things, and with this game the Lord is expecting more of me in order to be there... and stay...which of course means getting all my spiritual needs met which isn't too easy... (perhaps things will change in the winter months) and also stand my ground in the spirit... and the battles aren't getting any lighter... in fact they're intensifying, mainly because I'm actually starting to do something with my art, but also partly because working this close to the world isn't free from it's hazards... TANSTAAFL... But I am determined to keep the perspective that first and formost I am a disciple and the Lord's instrument before I am a fantasy artist...

Pray for me... that I keep the faith... :D

In other news... school might be equally as 'stressful' as the aforementioned... I've been working on a short story (lala land) and I probably will be posting it somewhere for you to read... it's kind of hard to write a story that gets your attention and pleases you yet at the same time keep it short... I keep finding myself wanting to add in more to get it a little more well rounded than neccisary and then having to check myself and pull myself back from my further day dreaming in order not to bore me readers to death... the thing is I've got a very rough outline of where the story goes only I'm still making up as I go along how it gets there... this is difficult and taking too long and I am impatient... but lotr wasn't witten in a day... though I am longer overdue than that :D

These are the last weeks I will have my locks... I will take a picture before the deed is done so you may all know what we're losing :D

sometimes I fear I am peddling vacuum

-The Revig

The Life

and a lack of it...

Yesterday, I fell into our septic tank hole and hit my tailbone on a rock... luckily I was still able to sit down and use the jack hammer to finish the trench to the leaching feilds... it was fun though(falling) I've always wondered what it would be like... now I know

the only problem is I apparently also hit my hand and now it's a bit stiff in the pinky and aches slightly when moved... it's got a white dot on it too... don't remember getting that...

I also moved my computer somewhere slightly permanent... it was getting annoying to have a desktop on my bunkbed... now I can relax and actually get some work done....

This immensly helps with my school as now I can comfortably work on my essays without getting a back ache... though how that will work with the internet connnection I'm not sure...

I'll try and give you an update on some rumblings... try...

And I'm not Dead!

opera is not for this...


-The Revig

beatles lalala

where are we?

I dunno it looks like the foot hills

the foot hills of what?



the foot hills of the headlands...


oh and:

-The Revig

once upon a time...

I used to do art... didn't I? And I used to post it up here, didn't I?

Guardian
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Giftart for: (guess who, if I'm that good)

So this is what I've been working on all this time. it's supposed to be for a birthday which was in febuary... yeah I'm pretty slow... I'm going to let you figure out who it is though, to see if I got it right.

This one was a real challenge as I had to work with two light sources, rock, and fabric which have always been difficult for me... I like his wings... and her hair and the way that they balance each other out... I could say more but I think I let you come up with your own reading...

scanning this was a nightmare... I got it looking all nice with the right contrast on my moniter and then I put it on the internet one and find out it looks well... crappy is mild and generic, but all washed out and very bad contrast would be exact... so I make at least three more copies playing with levels in photoshop none of which looked right so I finally mussed with it in office picture manager on the internet pc to get it semi decent looking... hopefully the above is similar enough to the original...

she also wants this as a digital...

Under The Rain
30.

another one from the 'virus' period... this on a more hopeful theme... obviously done on some of my better days back then... I think I'd like to dedicate this to melody because it was really her that helped me to stay alive and got me to laugh through the rain... and also cause she just finished her ps last month... wink* thanks to you I will always smile sooner now...

this is what guardian kinda looked like before I fiddled with it on this computer-the rain was supposed to be grayer and the drops not so dark... but I didn't want to mess with it anymore and you get the point none the less...

heh... yes it's the same outfit from I believe in hell... a sort of salute, but more defined and better rendered... and those flowers are all wild flowers from around the fiesta property... I sketched them myself... when I was there...




I need a new monitor...



-The Revig


P.S. it's only jesus...

I'm a Monkey's Uncle!

or in other words... Iz has a nephew



yours joyfully

The Revig

P.S. I am sorry for not having posted some art lately I've been very busy and haven't really had time to scan it in... not to mention schools starting....

WEOW ONE HUNDREDTH AND ONE POST!!!!

That's weird... who knew I'd get this far with this... let's back track to the first post

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Saturday, March 11, 2006

Blog start...

okay okay

I did it... I finally started my own blog...

for the longest time I had been against one of these. I thought: "what's the point, really, what would I or in fact anyone else have to say? I mean I don't even have enough time to post anything on it...I'm constantly getting into punishments and the most time I can spare/get from my parents on the computer would be at the most just fifteen minutes. So what's the whole point? " but then when I thought about it some more and I looked at some other ones by my friends I figured:"well, maybe if I tried it and see how it would be like. I might actually like it. I mean I can talk about literally anything, ANYTHING so why not."

and so I started this: The Silver Arrow Times

here is where I will post whatever's on my mind(providing it's appropriate), my art, news photos, poems(yeah those to) and any local news, and anything else that I feel like... or in other words, whatever...
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wow... look how few dots there are... so thought out... so badly segmented... how did I ever get a chance to say anything

how far we've come, you and me reader, with this.... it's really been a great journey and I hope that together we have changed... we each have our courses and yours continues on in its path meeting mine here roughly every week with something new... each of us brings something new with us and our thoughts and feelings are different, everytime we see the front page... probably your annoyed that I've not posted anything new, or curious as to what those links on the side hold, or perhaps overjoyed by the latest post and can't wait to get the time to read it... by giving you a little slice of myself and sharing my visions I hope that I have in some way been able to change you as well, get you to look at things in a different light, update you with some of the Lord's workings in my life, or even made you scratch your head and wonder just what the hack am I saying?.. but above all I hope that I've had at least some effect on you and that I'm not just 'singing to an audience that's just not there, couldn't care less'...

of course you've seen my art change too... you've been able to follow me from my humble chicken scratches to my channeled masterpieces... and I hope as well that you will see the true master behind them and that I am just a, pencil, pen, brush, or stylus in his hands... unwieldy maybe, stubborn yes, frustrating at times... but still his, and proud of it...

Thank you, reader, for taking the time to well, read these sorry ramblings... and your welcome as well...

-The Revig

Forrest Love!!!

Brilliant!

-The Revig

Other footprints in the sand

Imagine you and Jesus are walking down the road together. For much of the way, the Lord's footprints go along steadily, consistently, with Him rarely varying His stride or direction. But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures, and returns.

Then gradually your footprints come more in line with the Lord's. Eventually they parallel His consistently. You and Jesus are walking as true friends.

This goes on for many miles, but then you notice another change. Suddenly the second set of footprints is back, but the pattern is even worse than at the beginning! Zigzags all over the place, stops, starts, deep gouges in the sand, a hodgepodge of messy prints! You are surprised and puzzled. . Your dream ends.

Now you pray: "Lord, I understand the first scene with zigzags. I was a new Christian. I was just learning. But You walked on through the storm and helped me learn to walk with You."

Very good. You have understood everything so far.

"So, Lord, was there a regression or something? The footprints separated, and this time it was worse than at first."

There is a pause as the Lord answers with a smile in His voice, You didn't know? That was when we danced.

—Author unknown
Reflections 136


Dance...

-The Revig

mellondriantic

that word, I don't know...

There's nothing like doing nothing...just basically chillin'...spent free night at feista in joy's stead... slept on the pull out couch in the loft...not really too comfortable, but I've slept with worse... the instrumentalist are down there now making sweet harmonies... a while before though we were watching avatar... I like it but I'm not sure if I really like it... you follow me, I mean it's great and all but I don't know if it'll be too much of a distraction/addiction... I'll keep you posted on that one... I might go out now and sketch something or I might just join the music making... but I guess what's the most important is that I'm not just sitten at home just doing nothing and all depressed like... though I'm not doing much now but writing this... I'm still not mad at myself for not getting any thing 'done'... still I am happy with this weekend and hope to see many more... as I find the warm fuzzy feeling of fellowship quite satisfying...

I'll keep you posted

-The Revig

P.S.  All we are is dust in the wind...

The Elements--Water

my, my, my aren't we a busy boy...

Elements--Water

well here we are... I rather enjoyed creating this one even though it was a little cramped to go back to cel... it helped me appreciate my painting more...this isn't really the colors I had originally intended I actually had the pink part of the flower a deep red like the coral was before I applied the blue color layer to unify everything... and a completely different vision for her clothes, but then me and joy had a tremendous row about it... which may or may not of caused me to trim my hair and ultimately decide to cut it final... but that's for later...


I am as busy as a woodchuck chucking norris... so much so that I busted my freeday at the library instead of at home typing this... though when I got back I used the remainder to read one of the best works I have for a good while... "The City of Ember"... they live underground, theres only electric lights, everything's either breaking or running out, and it all runs on a monstrous generator... what's not to like? I tell you it had steampunk running all the way through it... only minus the steam... you could feel the rust in it... genius... and this is all coming from a juvenile... I'm hoping I can pull something like that with mine... though young adult is what I might like to say... I just hope they don' ruin it with the movie...

oh and I saw flo... she's doing well... we talked and remembered as usual... good grief I miss that berry so...

hope the FMF doesn't die on us... it seems to be having an acute case of nobody posting because they want someone else to... sigh...


I hate balloons!!!

-The Revig

where am I?

nowhere and everywhere my friend, nowhere and everywhere...

Well I suppose it's time for me to give some account of myself and my earthly doings... (and you thought I didn't have a life!) and I probably should tell you that we've moved... yes actually we've been here for a month now last week... I would of told you but I've been moving boards, clearing brush, digging ditches, waqking weeds, mowing lawns, breaking down unnecessary structures,digging holes to make fences, pulling out rocks and filling their places back in, raking leaves... and everything it takes to reclaim a three acre property thats been abandoned (mostly) for six years... or more... I'm not quite sure...still, we've whipped it into shape, it's a pitty we didn't take before and after pictures as then you could see the transformation of this place... It's surprising how the Lords helped us get so far... I hardly recognize the place from wence it was before... Don't worry we're only fifteen minutes away from our former lodging so it's not like we've upped and gone off to Timbuktu(no matter how much it feels like it)... either way we love it out here(not to mention all the lack of idleness) and are eagerly awaiting what the Lord has in store for us and this property during the offensive...whatever that may be...

June was also a significant month, as my other niece, lindsay, came to stay with us for reasons I do not wish to state here... nobody wants to gossip after all... she is a bit difficult, but not as bad as gabrielle, though she does have her faults with food... at least she can be left by herself, no?still it's nice to have a kid around again... someone to tell stories to, to watch all those old kids movies you love but are too "grown up" to watch with, someone to tell a bit of your knowledge to, to go on walks with, to think of new and interesting things to do... to teach, watch out for and protect... to love... Despite all the difficulties, the time it takes, and the annoying little things... in the end I've found that those are the things caretakers miss the most...


haha! oh yes...

Happy Birthday Nathalie!!!

And you thought I had forgotten...(I think?) I actually did call you, but you were not to be reached>_>... still I hope your not mad at me... I do have a reason for waiting two whole weeks! I did you a picture!!! only I've seem to have misplaced my flash drive... nonetheless, as soon as it can be conjured I shall send it to you and post it up here... and now that I'm free from my digital duties I shall start work on your other requests :D.... in the mean time I want to leave this allegory of us for you to contemplate


Know that I feel this way every day

Cant Wake Up (lyrics by Nicola)

Without you
My mornings seem so grey
Dark and bleak like my face
When for so long Im laying without you here

Without you
I'm lonely like an empty room
Like an empty heart
Just waiting for you to come back again

(Chorus)
So how can I wake up?
When your not lying next to me
How can I get up?
When theres nothing real to see

Without you
I'[m falling in love with your absence
Just thinking of you
Wondering is this just a dream?

But how could I make up something so pretty?

(Chorus)
And How can I wake up?
When your not lying next to me?
How can I get up?
When theres nothing real to see?
LIKE LOVE

I love you dearly and pray for you... May you pass from strength to strength in this new chapter of your life... and may we find our places, together or apart...

WRITE!!!

oh, and another minor note about birthdays: I'M GOING TO CUT MY HAIR FOR JOY'S!!!


your's fatally

-The Revig