So, brace yourself: Firefly Imageworks will be all but unavailable from March 15 through April 19. While, email communication will still be very welcome, I’ll be in Kenya for thirty days, helping to film a documentary, take photos, and develop fundraising collateral for an orphanage called One Home Many Hopes (OHMH).
So, do email. Do call. Feel free to touch base with me however you normally would for whatever you may need. I’ll still be here for two more weeks as of this writing after all. This is just to give fair warning of the impending trip, and to give some context to clients that come calling while I’m out of touch. (read more…)
Offering's newest album, More Than This
Recently I had the privilege of working with Jeanine Guidry and Offering on developing album artwork for their latest release, More Than This. Not only is the title of the album a track in and of itself, but it’s also an expression of the band’s overarching philosophy of music becoming more than just an end in and of itself. Offering uses their talent as a melodic vehicle to spur social action against the hunger and degradation of the human condition here at home in Richmond as well as abroad. You may recall that they’re the same band I accompanied to China for our work in the migrant communities there, for instance.
To express this idea, I had the thought of a record that had something more growing out of it. I settled on vines so as to keep the feel as organic as possible to accompany their acoustic style as well as communicate a feeling of ‘new life’. Thus you have imagery of a record that spins and as it spins these vines grow outward and spin wildly about into their own tales and stories. (read more…)
Hangin' Around
The last three days I got to break out my camera four times, and I figured I’d write a quick blog to share a little bit of the recent shots. Thursday featured the family Thanksgiving dinner and festivities. Photos ensued, and it was all was followed by a visit to my pals Doug and Elizabeth Paul’s house which turned into a shoot with their adorable little girl, Avery. Friday, I got to hangout with the Ford/Boswell families for some awesome times and photos. Then this morning, I went into Richmond with my Eikon Missional Community and brought some coffee to some of our friends in Richmond on the cold morning. (read more…)
Kairos Moment Art
Been awhile since that last blog, and while I don’t feel like I’m writing two Eikon blogs in a row, well.. seems I am. There’s more varied things coming soon though. Promise.
For now though, I figured I’d share a shirt design I developed for Eikon. To really get it though, It might need a little elaboration. It’s based on a diagram of a “kairos moment” which is something we as a community have been using as a tool for understanding how God can more effectively interact in our lives and what that looks like as a process. (read more…)
The Untold Story
Eikon is a community I’ve been involved with for the past year. With a name that, translated from the original Greek means “image reflectors,” its a new kind of church that approaches the weekly rhythm of Christian worship with a fresh perspective; meeting once a month for a large community worship service, and spending the other three to four weekends of the month, meeting as smaller Missional Communities (MCs) with a specific missional purpose. My MC, for instance, has a focus on meeting the needs of the less fortunate within Richmond, VA.
For each of the group’s monthly gatherings, I’ve taken on a key role in developing the visual presentation of the service. With services being less-frequent its easier to treat each one with a particular degree of specialness – a specialness that should (and does) filter down into even the tiniest of details. (read more…)
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