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My husband requested that I should make an acrylic remake of a drawing I did back in 2010. This is that remake.
The original was done in color pencils, but the galaxies were not shaped like anything special like they are here, nor were there any stars.
Only the butterfly galaxy is a specific reference. (Kudos to you if you know it without looking it up =D)
The others, not so much. (¿Maybe Ecco the Dolphin, or the dolphins from StarTropics if anything? ) But if you thought of »Flipper«, or »So long, so long, so long, and thanks for all the fish«, I don't blame you >w<
The Great Big Space Butterfly belongs to: Jesse Cox =)
Enjoy if you can ^_^
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The time God showed me and let me understand that He is The Creator.....................................................................................................................................The time God showed me and let me understand that He is The Creator ..................................................................................................................................... On the 25th of November 2024, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, my husband and I were in the middle of watching the movie: »Leap of Faith« (1992 comedy/drama) , when he got a phone-call from somebody that needed his help and advise with their truck. While he was on the phone, I took the opportunity to go outside and feed our 3 dogs and keep them company while they ate their very late breakfast. The weather was mild. Not too cold, considering it was technically winter. A gentle breeze was blowing and causing leaves to fall off the trees. »It would be cool if one of the leaves fell into my lap.« , I thought and smiled to myself. »But, God, you don’t have to do that.« A couple of minutes went by and, lo and behold, a leaf fell and landed straight into my lap. »Hehe, thank you God.« I looked up and smiled, then started studying the leaf while while reminiscing about the other time earlier this year where a similar situation had happened. (The Dogwood flowers on our car) . The leaf was elliptic in shape, thin, had a jagged toothed edge and felt coarse on the surface. Fuzzy but rough. While looking closely at it, another leaf fell into my lap. A different type of leaf. This one was round, maybe slightly oval in shape, thin, had a smooth edge and felt silky smooth to touch. Feeling the texture difference of the leaves between my fingers and observing the shape difference, my mind began to wonder:»Why bother having such different designs in the first place?« . I already believed that God created everything, but also believed that everything evolved over a long period of time. Afterall, it made sense that He would »automate« His creation to take care of itself after designing it and bringing it into existence.(Like a programmer) . But I didn’t understand it... From an evolution point of view, if things really started as micro organisms in the ocean and took millions and billions of years to evolve into plants, then into small water animals, then fish, then reptiles that somehow end up on land, which evolved into dinosaurs, then into feathery birds and all other kinds animals with fur, skin and scales. Why bother with so many forms? As far as animals go, wouldn’t 2 forms be sufficient? One perfect predator and one perfect prey? Okay, so maybe a few more that would »evolve« or »adapt« to the different climates and seasons, but hundreds and thousands of species?? That didn’t make sense. Somehow, the thought entered into my mind that:»Well, I like designing and creating different characters, that each are different species, have different colors and textures and personalities... as do many other artists with their hundreds of fan characters and original characters...« . Then something clicked. All these different species. All these different lifeforms. All these different designs, shapes, sizes and colors... It had to have been created by a CREATOR! God loved to design and create so many different things, both animals and plants and everything else! That made sense! »Thank you for finally making me understand!« I praised God. I brought the two leaves inside and washed them with soap to get rid of any potential germs. While showing and telling my husband about this sudden revelation or epiphany, I got very emotional. Tears wanting to well up, throat tightening up, that sort of thing. It was just so incredible and overwhelming to finally feel like I actually fully understood this! And anxious and frustrated that I might not be able to convey this to him. That he might not understand the same way that I understood it. But, he nodded and said it was cool. »Yep. Whether God created everything or creation is part of Creator, doesn’t matter. We must respect it. People gotta believe in something. It’s good, as long as they don’t hurt anybody.« , he concluded. »Now, come on, let’s watch the movie« . Hehe... I tried to compose myself as fast as possible to keep him from waiting, but it was difficult. It took a couple of minutes. (Like mentioned before, I was very emotional) . His beliefs are noble and he does his best to help people, even if they hate his guts. Smart and selfless. Not many people are that way. The only reason I can’t believe the way he does, is when it comes to worship . Doesn’t it make more sense to thank and pray to a superior being who lives outside the constraints of time and space? Someone who is like a good father who loves us and wants to do what’s best for us? That’s just my conclusion though.....................................................................................................................................The time God covered our car with flowers.....................................................................................................................................The time God covered our car with flowers ..................................................................................................................................... It was early spring 2024 and we were hungry. My husband usually does the cooking. He enjoys it and is extremely good at it, but sometimes he doesn’t feel like it, which is fair. On those rare occasions we go out to eat. Usually we go for Mexican, because: A) We like it,and B) It’s the only good restaurant in town within a short driving distance. But today we felt like getting Chinese, which meant driving for about an hour to get to this small, family run, Chinese restaurant tugged away in a corner next to other businesses. But the food is that good that it’s worth the drive. Anyway, on the way there, I saw all the dogwood trees in bloom and thought:»It’d be cool if God made one flower fall and land on the hood of the car.« immediately followed up by:»No, God, don’t do that. I don’t wanna ask you to do something stupid.« regretting ever thinking something so foolish in the first place. We got our Chinese food and went back home. Don’t remember much about the rest of the day, except that I was extremely sad late in the evening after everyone else had gone to bed. Curled up in the corner of the sofa, staring up at the sky out the window, I remember praying in tears for a sign that God hadn’t forgotten me or was ignoring me. He had been silent with me for so long that it was physically hurting. I didn’t want to ask Him for anything, but at the same time I so desperately needed to either see or hear or feel something , that I couldn’t hold back and eventually, reluctantly asked Him anyway. And then regretted asking, apologized and instead asked Him to ignore my request, because He shouldn’t have to prove anything. Then went to bed feeling kinda ashamed for having a doubting heart in the first place. The next day, my husband and I had to go pay the water bill. As we stepped outside and walked towards the car, I saw that it was covered in dogwood flowers! My heart soared with joy as my spirit was lifted by God’s love and generosity. Just the other day, I thought that 1 small twig with flowers would have been awesome and here was the entire car covered with those same flowers! »Ask Him for a flower, He’ll shower you with bouquets« , I thought to myself, and put one of the bundles on the side of my hat. While my husband was driving, I was intently looking at the ground around all the dogwood trees between our house and our destination. For miles and miles, not a single other dogwood tree had shed their flowers. When we returned home, I reported this to my husband, but his response was:»Probably Squirrels« . Which, true, we do have squirrels in our yard… but why would they only bounce around on the 2 dogwood trees near our car and not the other ones? Whether God used the squirrels or something else to make the flowers fall on our car I don’t know. But I did see it as an answer to my desperate prayer the night before. God knows our needs before we even ask, and I believe that He covered our car with those flowers to show that He loves me ^_^ So whenever I feel sad, I think back to this moment and feel comforted =)....................................................................................................................................Similar ArtworksSee Morearrow_outward