Two Books Retreats
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Name Change
Greetings. I have decided to change from Two Book Retreats to Two Book Reflections. The reason is in how I will use the site. Since we have relocated, it is t he perfect time to make a change. If you wish to find the new site, click here The new website twobookreflections.com is a new… Continue reading
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Earth Dance 2019
My participation in the Earth Dance 2019 environmental art show is to continue to work on the Farley Tree Project. The tree is a 10 foot trunk of a fallen oak tree. After some planning, we settled on using carved vines to divide the tree surface into distinct panels that artists can use to create… Continue reading
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Advent Art Show at Bethel Lutheran Church – Nov 29 into Janurary
I have been thinking about a carving that suggests Hope in Advent. I went through a lot of very complicated iterations until I hit on the idea of the Prophet as Seer, looking into the night sky to see a special star. The prophet will have a long lyrical beard, suggesting time. Continue reading
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Journal Making Class
Erin and I attended a journal making class in La Crosse on Saturday, October 18. This is designed to integreate art into science instruction. We made one journal out of a cereal box and practiced taking field notes in that one. We drew leaves we found outside and we drew a pigeon feather. Next we… Continue reading
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Sketchbook Project
We went to State Street in Madison to visit the mobile Sketchbook Project Exhibit. This is a project that has people, artists and non artists alike make and submit sketchbooks. They take the books submitted each year on a road trip. One can check out a book and get a second random book to view .… Continue reading
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Week 6 of Bridges Class
Our last class was also the first day of Dave’s vacation. So here finally are some pictures from that day. Continue reading
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Urban Forest Fest – Saturday July 26
I’ll be there with other people who work with, carve, cut, and know about wood. Wood is Good! Urban Forest Fest Continue reading
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Bridge in Context
We observed that nature and humanity are very much in a partnership along the parkway. It is hard to say which predominates. If we quit mowing and trimming, Nature would predominate along the Yahara River parkway. Yet the very existence of a river instead of a wetland shows human engineering and care. The river as… Continue reading
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Bridges week 5 location
The Bridges class will be here this coming Monday. Continue reading
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Week 4 – the effects of light
It was an interesting day to consider this question. The Sun was out and the temperature was perfect. Week 4 – “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. God saw that the light was good and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light ‘day’ and the darkness… Continue reading
About Me
“…the universe is before our eyes like a beautiful book in which all creatures great and small are a letters to make us ponder the invisible things of God.” Here I want to explore the Two Books: the World around us and the Word within us. I am an artist and a writer, and recently retired from pastoral work. My name is Dave.
Two Book Retreats 