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The Yellow Ochre Newsletter

Say More With Less

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Matt Taylor

SPARK ARTIST

Hey guys!

Here are three things to spark your inner missional flame:

đź’Ą INSPIRED BY

"It's like" versus "It is"

“It’s like” is a runway for another imaginative world.

“It is,” the landing pad.

These are not pitted against each other. Many in the church help land the plane. But many others help the take off. What ensures harmony is this: all acknowledge Jesus is the pilot.

The typical artist in the American Evangelical church tends to feel like the church’s teachers and preachers have sat in that cockpit, with a host of declarative and Scripturally inspired insights.

I am not summoning us to shut off the “it-is-isms.”

I’m just saying…God gave us airplanes to fly, not just land.

🛠️ EQUIPPED BY

Say More With Less

Life's potency hinges on placing the right emphasis on the right thing(s). I learned this from color theory.

In the painting above, you will notice the most clarity is given to the man on the right and the artifacts closest to the viewer. Everything appears messy, and yet, clear.

Some of the marks are literally just scribbles—but intentional scribbles. I selected each color's value intentionally as the painting recedes back.

What brevity of color might we use to convey a more potent glimpse of love to our neighbor? How might we give proper balance to the intentions of our heart?

🚀 SENT WITH

Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)

“Anytime I give guitar lessons to new students,
I give them homework.
With the two chords I taught them,
They must write a song before our next lesson."

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