GOING, GOING, GONE

Climate change is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity and species loss. With every increase in global temperature, more and more species will become extinct such as the marine turtle, the Murray cod, orangutans and ginseng, as the relief shows. The poor are more vulnerable because they are more dependant on natural resources and have lower capacity to cope.

     The climate is changing and hope is fading. Fading because we are not seeing the national governments of our world be courageous enough to make the hard decisions needed to halt dangerous climate change. They're not courageous enough to step out of the political vote-scoring cycle and implement visionary, long-lasting sustainable solutions.

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HOUSE OF PARTNERSHIP

I was honoured to be asked by Micah Challenge to produce a work of art around the theme of 'Global Partnership' to feature in the their Create to Advocate exhibition in Parliament House, Canberra.

     As I reflected on how I could best depict the Millennium Goal 8 of Global Partnership, the theme of 'home' came to mind.

     Over 230 people from the Micah Challenge campaign recently gathered in our nation's 'house' in partnership with the poor - to advocate through word and image on their behalf.

     Parliament House is an immensely important building. The decisions made there can have life changing repercussion the world over. My hope is that these decisions will be made wisely, respectfully and justly.

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THE NEW EXODUS

The word 'exodus' means departure and for the prophet of Isaiah chapters 40 to 55 this is a prominent theme. There are many familiarities in these 15 chapters to the first exodus Israel experienced. There is a reference to Moses striking the rock and water rushing out; Yahweh going before and after Israel in a pillar of cloud and fire. But this exodus would be more glorious than the first. The wilderness will be transformed and Yahweh's glory would now be seen by 'all flesh'. The prophet reminds us of our future hope of a new creation that supersedes the original one. Under Yahweh's control history is heading somewhere, life has purpose and direction. With the ascension of Christ, the Holy Spirit now dwells in our hearts.

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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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