It is not a whole lot to go on, nor does it seem that special now - but something about this image struck me in that moment. I saw a bit of my own visual voice reflected in those lines and the recognition of that reflection made me stop and take it in. There, in the pavement, was both identification and inspiration. I brought home that moment of inspiration and used it to create the mixed-media cutout in the post Image - Pavement Reflection. Out of the recognition of a small moment of lines that reflected something of my compositional voice I was inspired to give life to those lines in a visual composition of my own that reflected the lines in the pavement.
In the creation of this piece I began to think about the cycle of recognition and reflection and how it is one of the ways I believe we as humans grow in God in the world. If we look for God we see God around us and we find God within in us. When we see moments of God around us we are drawn to those visions because they are familiar to what we know of God within us. They are a reflection of our internal understanding of God and of ourselves if we live with God in our lives. So if we live with God we began to see more of God because we recognize God reflected in ourselves and in that which we encounter. And just as we begin to see more of God reflected in the world around us - the more we live with God - the more we become a reflection of God that others will recognize when they encounter us.
Seek out the reflection of God in the world - recognize it and, when able, reflect it.
