Esotropiart

Since I have seen our youth group grow under the leadership of Ryan, I have come to appreciate these young people more and more. I really like having them as part of our church. It would suck not to have them there. They are provide a crucial element.

Yesterday I got an email from our youth pastor asking if I wanted to help out with creating an image to work as a logo for a group he is planning to form. This group, called "Ethos", will meet every couple weeks and will encompass the following "...full of dialogue, questions, video, and readings. It will be mainly aimed at high school and college and career people to come and discuss theology, video, and how to relate Christ to our changing culture". My initial reaction to his request was something like, "Hmmm... I usually don't like to create meaningful symbols or religious art unless I know I am at my best. I am somewhat of an inspired artist. When I'm inspired, the work flows, and it is full of intricate meaning and depth. When I'm not inspired, I can't do zip, and everything I do sucks. Maybe I should tell Ryan not to get his hopes up."

Not really feeling up to the task, I opened up Macromedia Flash last night and started fiddling around with my graphics tablet. After a bunch of scribbling, I came up with a concept that I think makes some sense based on the descriptions of the purpose of the group. I have no real idea where those ideas came from, so I have to hope it was inspiration. If not, and none of the images I created are appropriate or desirable, that's okay too. Sometimes I feel like my artistic style isn't quite postmodern or "hip" enough to be appreciated by a younger crowd. Ah, the ravages of age. At least I had some fun creating them. Visit the EsoShow to see all the images and discover some of the embedded meanings in the symbols.

...of the Glues, brothas!