Drawing Close, Encountering Joy
An Artist’s Psalms and Prayers for the Earth
An invitation to reconnect with nature – strong images awaken the senses – read this book as part of your daily routine. –Sue Ready, EverReady Book Reviews
Poems and passages of praise – an invitation to find not only a hidden campsite, but also the hidden source of living waters. –Paul J. Willis, author of Deer at Twilight: Poems from the North Cascades.
Discover beauty and nurture wonder for a life of joy – Read slowly in a quiet place and be fed. –Larry Rassmussen, environmental author of “The Planet You Inherit, Letters to My Grandchildren”
From the Blog
Blog 87. A Prayer for the Earth: A Thanksgiving for Plants
Then God said, “I give you every seed–bearing plant on the face of the whole [...]
Blog 86. A Prayer for the Earth. Gossamer This Morning
In the same way, let your light shine before others. . . (Matt 5:16 NRSV) [...]
Blog 85. Prayers for the Earth: I Mourn the Trees
O God, . . . Do not hold against us the sins of past generations; [...]
Seeing the Natural World
Welcome! Bring your sketchbook, camera, and notebook. We’ll walk the neighborhood or browse along a trail. Not a footrace, we will take a good look and then a second look at what makes up the natural world.
Let’s inhale fresh air, stir up a bit of soil, skip a rock across the lake—these are basics of life that feed the soul. Puddles, pebbles, odd leaves, creepy-crawlers, I have to bend down and say hello. Each one has a history, each one has a job to do, each one helps to keep us alive. That’s the amazing part of the whole natural complex: every plant and animal is needed to make this work. That includes us. We live in and depend upon our life community, our neighboring plants and animals. To be a good neighbor is to understand nature’s ways. Come along! Let’s take another look!
Find Art, Nature, and Spirituality stories in my Books and in my Blog Archives: Out Sketching, Nature Notes, Painting America the Beautiful, Cherish the Earth, Praises, Prayers, and Poetry.
Enjoy!
View the Drawings & Paintings
of Janice E. Kirk
Here you can find paintings mentioned in my book, The Road to Beaver Park.
From the Pacific Coast, across the Great Basin, through the Mesa and Canyon Country, into the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado Plateau, and low deserts, including Death Valley and the Sonoran Desert, it was a feast to the eye, a journey of the heart.
