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Back from Szczyrk - Polish mountain town
I spent the last week with my family down in a Polish mountain village going on walks, enjoying hearty food and making ample use of the Hotel pool and playroom. It wasn’t easy at times with two small rooms which meant we had to spend our evenings in the dark once the kids were asleep, but it was well worth it. And not bringing any work or projects with me was absolutely the right idea. I’m well rested which is exactly what I needed.
My family went to a local Alpaca park this weekend. How was your weekend?
Sidenote: I really love using a mirrorless camera even if i missed a few images due to manual focusing — it’s an old lens.
Took me a while, but I finally finished my sketchnote summary of Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer.
Earlier this year I read Gospel Allegiance by Matthew W Bates. It argues that the greek word we frequently translate as “Faith” might be best understood as Allegiance (even though Bates acknowledges that Pistis means faith/faithfulness/trust. This was a detail I missed in my first reading but caught when preparing the sketchnote.) The standout parts are where he breaks down Paul’s explanation of the Gospel in 1 Corinthians and explaining how works are necessary.
I really enjoyed making this one, mainly because I love any excuse to use a gold leaf layer in procreate.
Over the weekend I got this £5 rip off Apple Watch band. I love it. Great colour, great feel, secure fit.
A change to my morning routine
For the longest time I’ve put coffee on first thing in the morning; not anymore. We got coffee beans not grinds recently and — combined with the changing on the clocks that have made my kids finally not wake me up at 5 every. single. morning — I now have a little pause first thing. So I grab a glass of water, do a meditative prayer, and then read while hand grinding my coffee. The coffee is so much better than the store ground or when we used our blender to grind it.
I’m extremely grateful to regain this moment of silenced and stillness at the start of the day. I’ve been struggling with feeling so rushed but starting slowly is the perfect cure.
Made this for Easter.
The outline is a single line, I used a gold leaf clipping mask for the tomb and another grey layer for the stone.
One of the reasons I use yellow/ orange in my sketches is my interest in iconography.
A sketchnote summary of Henri Nouwen’s The Way of the Heart. I had forgotten I had made this after I read it but @mwerickson reminded me of it.
