Hi John!

I would like to introduce you to Timber.

She's another female aspect of myself who has emerged and shown up in my paintings.

There are five so far.

I will tell you about her in a moment, and show you one of my paintings of her.

DAD JOKE OF THE WEEK

A 3-legged dog walks into a bar and says to the bartender, "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw!"

CARTOON OF THE WEEK

"Women Were and Are Preachers Too!"

This cartoon is from 4 years ago. It was a commission.

It just said "Women were preachers too."

I've amended it to say "Women were and are preachers too!" Which is, actually, a fact.

It's hilarious the number of people this disturbs. Good.

READ THE POST & COMMENTS

POST OF THE WEEK

This one is called "Loving All my Former Selves".

It's about the importance of not being embarrassed by our previous lives.

I've been involved in some pretty weird stuff in the Church.

I know a lot of people who are ashamed of their lives in the Church... including what they believed, who they followed, how they worshipped, etc.

Not me.

For me, all the stuff that went before gets thrown into the compost that makes up the soil out of which I grow.

You wouldn't be who you are now unless you were who you were then.

Read the Post Here

PAINTING OF THE WEEK

"My Strength That Is Within Me"

Here's Timber.

Here she is out in the wilderness with the moon and trees and snow.

She exudes strength.

Her white hair was caused by a cataclysmic spiritual transformation.

Okay... now let me tell you about her...

SEE THIS TIMBER IN THE STORE

Let Me Introduce You To Timber

Back in 2012 Sophia emerged as an expression of an aspect of my self.

This manifested itself in 62 drawings and meditations. You can get prints of almost all of them. There's also the collection in my popular book, The Liberation of Sophia.

Well... now comes along Timber.

Like the name Sophia, I can't tell you where the name Timber came from. But it's fitting because Timber means strong and courageous, and I can hear her shouting "TIMBER!" when she topples her obstacles over.

It still hasn't become totally clear what's going on with me.

But it has something to do with my inner strength and courage coming forth.

It has something to do with me confronting obstacles and taking them down.

It has something to do with me facing the elements and pressing through to be fully me.

Fully, authentically, honestly, me.

I think it's usually a woman, my anima, that manifests in such ways because the Church oppressed and even persecutes the feminine... the nurturing, mothering, birthing, caring, earthy, fierce, gracious, empathetic, gathering, sensual, universal aspect of humanity.

I invite you to travel along with me as Timber continues to reveal herself.

(My plans are to write meditations to accompany these drawings... pulling on my Z-Theory... FINALLY!... to make a book. I'm excited about it.)

SEE TIMBER ORIGINALS

SEE TIMBER PRINTS

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"... King wished he had more true friends, somebody you can sit with and discuss your inner weaknesses and confess your agonies and your inner shortcomings, and they don't exploit it, they listen to you and help you bear your burdens in the midst of the storms of life." (David Garrow in, Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference).

I know this feeling. You?

A FINAL NOTE

We are heading out of lockdown at midnight tonight and into a huge nor-easter snowstorm tomorrow. Great timing!

Oh well. Nothing that a fire, Lisa, and a bourbon won't fix. Along with a good book and good music.

Feel free to say hi to me. I always respond!

David

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