Waking in my apartment. In Revelation chapters 2 and 3, the holy one described in Rev. 1:13 as being "like a son of man" (from Daniel 7:13) orders John to write to the 7 angels of 7 churches. Brookline, MA. Mon., 2/5/24. 1/15s at f25 ISO100 200mm
Certain spiritual moments stir fear nearing God. Instances: waking at Bethel from a dream with a stairway, or ladder, in it, "[Jacob] was afraid and said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven’” (Gen. 28:17). In Rev. 1:17 John writes, “When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said, ‘Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.'" Brookline, MA. Sun. 1/28/24. 1/60s f5 ISO400 60mm
Imagination links this standpipe to a dragon able to spew water. "But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth" (Rev. 12:16). The woman had given birth to a son, whom the devil wanted to devour, but God protected her and Christ child. Brookline, MA. Sunday, 1/28/24. 1/60s at f4 ISO400 28mm
Hope Maketh Not Ashamed. 2019. Oil on canvas, 52 x 86 in. The title is from Romans 5. It regards the Holy Spirit, important throughout scripture.
And There Was War In Heaven. 2017. Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in. The title is from Revelation 12:7.
Poem. "Amidst vesper fog flashes red obstruction light." 2024
Presbyteri in circo maximo fortasse ad res divinas conloquendas conveniunt. 2023. Photograph 2013
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