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This vine caught my eye while exploring an old dairy farm near Glenwood Minnesota. At the time, it was just the contrast of the bright green against the weathered white paint of the shed that drew me in. It wasn't until I returned home that I noticed that the vine appears to be in the process of unlatching the door!

I am both a religious thinker and an artist. My undergraduate work was in the graphic arts, and my graduate studies were in the philosophy of religion and theology. As the son of a high school art teacher, I was raised in an environment that held as sacred the simple act of slowing down and noticing that which we typically take for granted. My work in theology has taken this insight into its very heart. I've been fascinated with the idea of salvation and the way that forms of prayer which emphasize stillness, silence, and release make room for its experience. These theological sensibilities are almost identical with the generative moment in the creative process. Creativity is, in its essence, the bringing of newness into the world. It's...