"And whoo... are you?"

That is from The Lion King, in case I ever think and forget.
The Lion King screenplayOh yes. It's true... believe it.

Here is the room for art in God's Kingdom

Children's Day - IX, originally uploaded by carf.

I have been wondering, you know-- where art fits, why I like it so much, what its purpose is.

Dance dance dance my soul

So I'm inspired. After watching West Side Story's "Cool" dance... Dancing is an amazing creation of God. Fact. And I want to take a dance class. (Another fact.)

Palo Duro Canyon, TEXAS

Palo Duro Canyon 1, originally uploaded by HighPlainsDox.

All I've wanted to do lately:

1. Move to a Texas ranch. Hang out with cowboys. At least cook food for them.
2. Play soccer. Especially if it's in Africa or Latin America.
3. Dance something professionally choreographed with lots of other people.
4. Learn how to sew really cool dresses.

Nevada

I think this comment is poetic

Annette said...
aren't you done traveling yet? Get your butt back home little vacationer!!!
8:48 PM

Brendan's Prayer

"SHALL I ABANDON THE COMFORTS & BENEFITS OF MY HOME,
SEEKING THE ISLAND OF PROMISE OUR FATHERS KNEW LONG AGO,
SAIL ON THE FACE OF THE DEEP WHERE NO RICHES OR FAME OR WEAPONS PROTECT YOU, & NOBODY HONORS YOUR NAME?
SHALL I TAKE LEAVE OF MY FRIENDS & MY BEAUTIFUL NATIVE LAND,
TEARS IN MY EYES AS MY KNEES MARK MY FINAL PRAYER IN THE SAND?
KING OF THE MYSTERIES,
WILL YOU SET WATCH OVER ME?
CHRIST OF THE MYSTERIES,
CAN I TRUST YOU ON THE SEA?

CHRIST OF THE HEAVENS,
& CHRIST OF THE RAVENOUS OCEAN WAVE,
I WILL HOLD FAST TO MY COURSE THROUGH THE DANGERS I MUST BRAVE.
KING OF THE MYSTERIES,
ANGELS WILL WATCH OVER ME,
CHRIST OF THE MYSTERIES,
WHEN I TRUST YOU ON THE SEA.

...

Brendans example speaks to us each: Have I the courage to leave the familiar and journey into the unknown? To journey beyond the way I have prayed, the life I have lived, the sensible and the secure? To trust God to take me beyond these familiar shores?

...

I THANK YOU FOR THIS, MY GOD,
I AM A TRAVELER AND STRANGER IN THE WORLD,
LIKE SO MANY OF YOUR PEOPLE BEFORE ME.
THERE IS A SENSE OF ADVENTURE,
OF OPENESS TO POSSIBILITIES,
ABANDONMENT TO GO
AND EXPECTATION OF FULFILLING HIS WILL.

I ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY,
I'LL HEAR AND OBEY,
AND TRUST IT IS YOUR VOICE I HEAR,
THE CALL OF THE SPIRIT,
THE CRY OF THE BIRD OF HEAVEN.

IT IS A YES TO RISKY LIVING...
THE SEA TAKES ME;
WHERE I DO NOT KNOW,
BUT I GLADLY GO.
AND I CAN ONLY TRUST EVERY WORD YOU SAY...
AND OBEY. "

Mongolia

"Proud Grandmother - An indirect translation for 'wife' in Mongolian is 'to take on a burden.' "

A Wife's Burden, originally uploaded by shevska.

jökulsárlón

jökulsárlón, originally uploaded by _rebekka.

Skógafoss, southern Iceland

If unicorns exist, they're in Iceland. Can't you just see one on the ledge?

Skógafoss, southern Iceland, originally uploaded by Matt Chapman.

Dreams

I have been reminded, by a dream [of the night] just recently, that I had a dream (a wish) to live in New Zealand, in a tall and thin house, by rolling hills of green grass with sheep scattered among them, and the ocean and black-sanded beach nearby. Sheep... I like them. A lot.

My brother and my cousin (Travis) would like to live in Iceland. It is expensive to live there, but it seems worth it. Especially with Bjork and Sigur Ros. Yeahhhh.

Actually, Bjork has always struck an odd chord with me. Not Sigur Ros though.

How to say Sigur Ros along with other things

Well, dream big, that's what I say. And God said it first.

I want to fall more in love with God

Picture I drew in art class once

Skies of Mercy, Glowing Peace