Fruit of the Light

Apple for web

detail from Apple for Calendar 2014 ・ カレンダー「りんご」より

I love apples. They are beautiful on the outside. They are tasty on the inside. An apple tree with lots of big, juicy apples is a delight.

私はりんごが大好きです。見た目はきれい、味は最高。りんごが一杯付いている木は喜ばしいです。

Apple section for web

detail from Apple for Calendar 2014 ・ カレンダー「りんご」より

We are like apple trees in that we bear fruit. What kind of fruit depends on what we do.

私たちはりんごの木のように実を結びます。やることは実の種類を決めます。

Darkness for chapel

detail from Prayer (2010) 「いのり」より

Do we live in darkness? 暗やみの中に住んでいますか。

Hatred for chapel

detail from Prayer (2010) 「いのり」より

Do we hate anyone? 誰かを憎んでいますか。

Error for chapel

detail from Prayer (2010) 「いのり」より

Do we err?…. 誤っていますか。

“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness….The fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth.”

「実を結ばない暗やみののわざに仲間入りしないで。。。。光の結ぶ実は、あらゆる善意と正義と真実なのです。」

from Ephesians 5 エペソ5章より

X10 Prayer for web

Prayer (2010) いのり

This design for a Christmas card is based on St Francis of Assisi’s prayer for peace. このデザインは『フランシスコの平和の祈り』に基づいています。

If we have darkness we need light. If we have hatred we need love. If we have error we need truth…

暗やみには光、憎しみのために愛、誤りには真実が必要です。。。

The fruit of the light results in peace. 光の実の結果は平和です。

The next post should be on 11th January 2014. I’m hoping for a multimedia event involving a Canadian relative. Have a fruitful 2014!

次のブログは今月11日です。カナダの親せきと関係しているマルチ・メディアを報告したい。 2014年に豊かにみを結ぶように!

 

A brighter dawn

Let There Be Light LR for web

Light (2006)  光

明るい日の出を見たいですか。 Do you want to see a bright dawn?

今日のたとえ話を「Parables」、「Dawn」で読んでください、絵とともに。

Please read today’s illustrated story at “Parables”, “Dawn”.

 

来週は休みを致しますので、次の「post」は2014年1月4日になります。

Next week I will take a rest so my next “post” should be on Saturday 4th January 2014. 

クリスマスの主人公であるキリストと出会いますように。

May you meet the real hero of Christmas — Christ.

 

良い年を迎えられますように。 Happy New Year.

 

Message from the Moon

9 September face for web

His Face (2012) 神の顔

「Parable」、「Light from the Moon」で、私の最新押絵のたとえ話を楽しんで下さい。見ることで驚くかも知りません。。。

Please enjoy my latest illustrated parable at “Parable”, “Light from the Moon”. You might be surprised at what you see…

 

A homily on ice

Icicles in our garden for web

Icicles in our garden (2007) 我らの庭のつらら

I have started a new series called “Parables”.

新しいシーリズを開始しました—たとえ話。

Please see the first one at “Parables” “Beautiful Ice”.

最初のたとえ話をご覧ください。「Parables」 「Beautiful Ice」で。

 

Introducing mobiles

Nativity mobile pref redu

Nativity (showing the three scenes) 2013

Today I assembled this mobile based on the December design of my calendar for next year, “The Earth All In It Are The LORD’s”.

Please check out “Galleries” “Mobiles” to see other mobiles based on this calendar. On average a mobile takes about three hours to make. They are very relaxing and make great room accessories. They need cleaning from time to time; a lens brush on a rubber bulb is the best device for this purpose.

A New Font

Org 1 AaBbCcD! for web

Org 2 dEeFfGg) for web

Org 3 HhIiJjKkl for web

Have you ever wished you could slightly tweak the font? I couldn’t resist the temptation to do more. This is “Oliver’s Alphabets” taken to new extremes. I doubt you will see a book written in “Cy’s Organic” anytime soon. I suspect the publisher would go potty, to say nothing of the reader. Even so, please enjoy the sheer delight of the dream. See the full set in “Galleries”.

 

I haven’t forgotten the craft book. John Winskell, a very good friend and I are working on an audio visual collaboration. His site has some great music. Just click http://www.johnwinskell.com/. So as they say, “Watch this space!” Exciting developments are in the pipeline. My next post ought to be on the 30th November 2013.

Autumn Colours in Japan

Sunset for web

Sunset near my home, Oji, Japan

I’ve been quite busy tweeking the Japanese instructions for my craft book with the help of my beautiful living dictionaries (wife and daughter) as well as creating and delivering sets of Christmas cards plus ornaments to a nearby Christian bookshop in Osaka. Also in Osaka I have begun teaching a new course of business English at a pharmaceutical company. The upshot is I do not have enough material ready to add to the “Galleries”. Instead, please enjoy these photos from way back in 2002, a year when the temperatures suddenly dropped, setting off a delightful display of autumn colours.

 

Solitary leaf for web

 

Mycal leaves for web

trunk and leaves for web

leaves on ground

 

Hannah's arrangement for web

late caterpillar for web

 

 

I hope to get back to the craft book next week on 23rd November.

Craft book sample chapter

Cal 14 12 E Nativity blueprint for web

I have finally managed to add a craft book sample to “Galleries”. It is very much a work in progress. Today it seems the very forces of hell have opposed me. I took me eight hours to convert a Word file into a jpeg file. My daughter took eight seconds to suggest the very method I eventually used. Tonight, WordPress is responding very slowly so I have taken about eight minutes to type this paragraph. They just thanked me for downloading a new version. I have yet to thank them.

Post-script

In fairness to WordPress I think I’ve discovered the slowness has a lot to do with my choice of browser: now I realise Google Chrome allows much faster editing than Internet Explorer.

Next week, on 16th November I hope to refine the craft book and report on further progress.

 

2007 to 2013 — Light and so much more

Xmas 2009 for web

Christmas Prayer (2009)

In the last few years prayer has moved to the forefront of my designs — prayer for light and so much more in a darkened world. Some of the cards do appear dark, so the true light can be seen clearly — echoes of Isaiah 9:1,2.

This room completes (for now) the suite “Christmas Cards” in “Galleries”.

Next week on Saturday, 9th November, I hope to introduce one of two exciting projects. The first is my new craft book and the second is a collaboration in sight and sound with an exciting Canadian uncle (actually the grandson of my great-grandfather on my father’s side).