eye, ears, & imaginations

1 corinthians 1:2:9
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The font is “Petrol,” made by the foundry T26.com. How do you not show “show?” How do you not show “heard?” Ah, those were hard.

“Mind has not imagined, ear has not heard, eye has not see, the things that God has made for those who love Him,” 1 Corinthians 2:9. This is one of my favorite quotes from the New Testament. It says much of the unseen colors, the unheard of music. CS Lewis once wrote that we shouldn’t be surprised if nothing here can satisfy us, because we’ve been made for another world.

it’s hard to show something that hasn’t been seen. Yet, i have to attempt to visually ender what i think the concept of this verse. it’s a kind of enlightenment to come, an elucidation that hasn’t yet occured. Or, it’s equaly valid to think it something just plain new.

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Gay People are Treated Unfairly

i have to post this because i think gay people are not being treated with the care that we should respectfully not remove from them.

We hear that being gay, as a genetic trait is not “chosen,” meaning that such a person is one who is not inclined to contribute their genetic material to the human collective survival: survival of the fittest, passing on successful traits to offspring. Thus, it’s as if nature is reducing the human population on the planet by forcing some people into not “engaging in productive avenues” with their urges. Now, please understand, gay people are to be pitied, welcomed with open arms, not hated, yet they must ask themselves, “Who is the culprit? Nature’s assignment of arbitrary traits, essentially making them painfully bear the idea that they, as human rights possessors, don’t have the right to offspring? Or is it a complacent society which has chosen not to warn them of the injustice inflicted upon them?”

if a gay person ever has children, before or after discovering or deciding to be gay, then they would have already violated their own “nature.” i’d wager that ecological evidence shows that violating nature is harmful to all of us. but then, if the goal is not violating nature, then gays shouldn’t have children! (This has an unintended consequence: the rest of us can live on what’s left of our natural resources, or at least face less competition for natural resources — a selfish aim at gays’ expense.) The idea of human beings not being allowed to choose their own life paths makes people unhappy in some situations. Yet we choose that very idea here: Obey, don’t think, don’t fight, give up choice for peace.

Heroic gays are those who take the choice themselves rather than allow themselves to be “forced” into a lifestyle by nature. We speak, rightly so, of human rights, against child labor, sweatshop labor, yet we condemn certain members of humanity to a life of no choice? A woman’s rights of choice, voting, equal pay should be respected. But why are we tricking other humans into a blind obeisance of inhumane nature?

Where then should we stand?

There is no such thing as fate. There is only willful action. Gay people are human, in the divine image; thus they can choose to be fully human or else nature’s disposable subjects. Viva la choice!

think whatever

think whatever
Originally uploaded by isral duke

a paraphrase of Philippians 4:8, which reads, "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things." (New English Translation)

wistful metal man

wistful metal man
Originally uploaded by isral duke

i think of myself as an awkward android, my own allegory for being made in the image of my creator, yet, many shades of imperfection lower. here, i dealt with rejection.