THE PSALMS

This work of art is my attempt to address the theology of the book of Psalms. I've used my own symbols, along with descriptions found in the psalms to portray this.

     At the core of the psalms is the 'great king over all', the maker of heaven and earth. I've chosen to epitomise God's presence as a pillar of fire, found in the Exodus story.Yellow dots also denote God's presence, which ventures into the heavens.

     The shields, arrows and spears, which encircle the earth, are there to symbolise the battle that faces righteous people against wicked nations/people. The black dots represent evil spirits, showing that the battle is not only with flesh and blood. This is also indicated with the shields etc. protruding into the heavens. The spiritual battle of good and evil surrounds each nation and the earth, with the ultimate outcome of history being that God will one day rule the nations and all will be compelled to acknowledge him as Lord.

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TELLING TEARS

A wailing woman mourns the death of her child. Her child was one of the 6,000 children that died this day due to using a dirty water supply. In a world of surplus resources and wealth, how long will it take the rich to respond to the desperate need that many people face? The desperate need for the bare necessities of life such as water?

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2020

At the centre is the beginning of life - where sperm meets egg. We all start the same way, and have no control over where we are born. We all feel sad, happy, angry, ashamed etc. and we are all made in the image of God. I have chosen to depict God's presence as yellow dots, which symbolise the fire that led Israel in the Exodus story.

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NO CHOICE

No choice.
No one chooses where they were born.
No one chooses to be born female in a world that favours the male.
No one chooses to be born into poverty or be shackled by its consequences.
No one chooses to die an infant from diseases that are easily cured.
But the world has a choice in its response to these things.

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