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 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:06 pm
Off to eat lunch. Be back in awhile.
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:24 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:27 pm
"And besides, I had particular secret places of my own in the woods, where I used to retire by myself; and used to be from time to time much affected" (Edwards 386)
Sounds a lot like me. Well, the part about having special places that only I knew about in the woods that I would hang out quite a bit at. The religious aspect not so much.
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:40 pm
"Heaven appeared to me exceeding delightful as a world of love. It appeared to me, that all happiness consisted in living in pure, humble, heavenly, divine love" (Edwards 390)
I like how Jonathan Edwards worded that description. And I think I have to agree with that. It is said that God is love... so therefore, heaven must be a place filled with love. :)
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:43 pm
I love the imagery in this selection:
"...and that it made the soul like a field or garden of God, with all manner of pleasant flowers; that is all pleasant, delightful and undisturbed; enjoying a sweet calm, and the gently vivifying beams of the sun. The soul of a true Christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower, as we see in the spring of the year; low and humble on the ground, opening its bosom, to receive the pleasant beams of the sun's glory; rejoicing as it were, in a calm rapture; diffusing around a sweet fragrancy; standing peacefully and lovingly, in the midst of other flowers round about; all in like manner opening their bosoms, to drink in the light of the sun" (Edwards 390).
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:04 pm
"...I see that serpent rising and putting forth its head, continually, everywhere, all around me" (Edwards 396). I just of The Karate Kid and the scene of the lady at the temple and the snake; how the snake, unconsciously, was copying what the lady did.
I don't know if anyone else has thought of this in this form of context but...
As known to most everyone, the Snake is considered to be a symbol of the Devil. Well... what if a person - a Christian, if they need to be - was able to outsmart the snake-like Devil? The Devil may have tried to gain control of the person, but in the end, the person outsmarted them. *does the slow Snake hypnotism move* Nice try Devil! Me 1 You 0.
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:09 pm
I was going to type out quotes of another piece I just read, but then I realized I enjoyed the entire thing. So, I'll just say this: Jonathan Edwards' "On Sarah Pierpont" sounds like it's describing me. If you haven't read the piece, and/or want to get a better sense of what I'm like, I suggest you go and read it.
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:44 pm
Alright. I'm done with my reading. Sure, I didn't read all of the pieces, but there was too many and they were quite long. I at least read enough to get an understanding of each's styling and what they mostly focused on. So... yeah...
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:56 pm
*looks at the dollz she made so far this year* I didn't doll anything during the month of February. Wow...
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:11 pm
*works on a doll* La di da...
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:22 pm
Just finished a doll portrait of me. :) It's been awhile since I've done of me, so I thought I would do one. Especially since it's been over a month since I last dolled. Better to reignite my dolling skills with something easy and simple to do, than some complicated, elaborate piece.
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:59 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:34 pm
Going to go make myself some tea. Be back in a bit.
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:04 pm
Back.
Once I'm done with this doll, I'm going to play more of the Pool game that Gaia just released. It's really fun. :
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:14 pm
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