QuartzAlison on tour… Whilst on holiday Alison caught a glimpse of this exhibition through the window. Have you noticed changes in the seasons, a breaking in the pattern of the wheel of the year? #SensingChallenge What are the changes we need to be aware of if we are to head the warning in Jesus words […]
16 “To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: “‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man […]
Christ is risen! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed !
We have been working on the cocoon this week and gradually transforming it into a chrysalis with hand-made paper. It is becoming a tomb for the hopes and fears written into it by many folk over the past month of Lent. The physical transformation of the cocoon represents our longings for God to be at […]
Here is a wee preview of the next stage in the “Transformation” project.
Our “Transformation” lent project continues. People have been writing down the things they want to “let go of” so they can transform. The have also been adding the things they are “taking up” to aid their transformation. Perhaps this is a little like dieting and going to the gym. Giving up bad food habits, and […]
Quartz Community Lent Project for 2023 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Rom 12v2. NKJV We are making a willow and paper sculpture over the weeks of Lent which […]
I was sent this bible reference to encourage me. The reasoning being, if God inspired these artists, then we should have confidence that our art can also be evidence of God working through us. Life is about more than deep thoughts, polished sermons, or even charitable giving. The text by a monk calling himself Theophilus […]
During Advent in 2022 Quartz used visual arts to give people the opportunity to contemplate how they shape light entering the world. We made several mobiles, strings of mirrors, that were hung in the building. They were beautiful to look at, and many people commented that the installation helped them contemplate. The process of making […]