Mary Jane Miller is offering two icon painting workshops this spring, February and March of 2020. The first will be in Vero Beach, Florida and the second in Lewis Delaware. Both workshops will commence at the beginning of Lent, a wonderful preparation for Easter and Passover. Egg Tempera is a painting technique that has been used for centuries but not forgotten. It is gratifying to learn and inexpensive with earth pigments. The final product has the potential for reminding you who you ... Read More about Best Icon Painting Workshop 2020
Biblical passage; a sword will pierce Your own Soul
On Holy Ground is a collection of icons for this age of climate change. The collection of iconography opens with an image of Mary of Swords inspired by the number seven. This sacred number is associated with intuition, mysticism, inner wisdom, and a deep inward knowing. The ancient church speaks of seven deadly sins and seven holy attributes, and seven sacraments. The composition places the planet Earth beside Mary as she bows her head. The Mary icon is inspired by the biblical passage; “ a ... Read More about Biblical passage; a sword will pierce Your own Soul
Weapons are Big Business Outside the US
National Rifle Association should stick to rifles that shoot at a deer or a duck with one bullet and stop defending our right to have assault rifles in our homes. The NRA does not support the Patriot Act. No country needs rapid fire weapons on hand to attack what they do not like. Human dignity has been loosing ground over the past few decades because weapons are Big Business Outside the US. Our un-ethical behavior is leading us all away from a state of well being. We have become vulnerable ... Read More about Weapons are Big Business Outside the US
Stone and Art at Vaughan Park
Mary Jane Miller was selected as the resident Scholar at Vaughan Park Retreat Anglican Center in Auckland New Zealand. Words could not express how delightful The Anglican center is. I am here and grateful to begin a collection of icons called On Holy Ground. Iconography is the process of converting simple stones into a world of beauty, like to, God created the planet and it is our calling to recognize its beauty. My intention on retreat is to dedicate myself to finish 8 new icons. Using all my ... Read More about Stone and Art at Vaughan Park
Climate Change for the Future
San Miguel will join the Global Climate Strike with a rally Climate Change for the Future at 12:00 noon in Parque Juarez. We have approval from the City for a rally on September 20. We will start at 10:30 with two marches from Fabrica on the North side and from Pollo Feliz near Mega on the South side, both converging by noon at the kiosk in Parque Juarez for a rally. SEPTEMBER 20th, 2019 Since Greta Thunberg began her Friday strikes in front of the Swedish parliament. She was ... Read More about Climate Change for the Future
