Crunch Time

The opening is this week. Thursday night. We're all scrambling to put the finishing touches on our projects. Daniel is spending hours on end in the darkroom writing and recording the music for our film. He's about halfway there. Kristine and I are prepping the gallery space and providing moral support. The entire project is cutting out leaves. It will take every person involved with this project to make this happen. That's one of the things I love about it. It's collaboration out of love, not obligation. There's no "I'll do this for you if you're there for me later." We're all in this together.

I love art students. I love listening to their perspectives and the way their brains work. There was a random moment about a week ago where someone found a ball of yarn and proceeded to connect each of us together with it. And people just laughed and let him. We sat there & continued with our meeting, tied together with yellow yarn. No one really questioned his logic.

Another awesome thing about the students this year is their attitude. The schedule we're keeping and the topics we're exploring and the city itself have created an environment where many of us are getting the opportunity to see the parts of ourselves that we don't like. It's really hard, but people are pulling together and working together despite the difficulties. And giving those parts of themselves to God...I've heard several comments about how this is a blessing that we're getting to learn these things about ourselves. I've never heard anyone thank God for allowing them to see their sin except in the context of salvation stories. It's awesome.

A few of us got stuck on a train on our way into the studio earlier, and one of the girls commented on our schedule in comparison to the other tracks (which tend to have more free time). It wasn't a negative conversation though. I watched as another student commented "I wish we had more time to experience the city, but I'm glad we're on the arts track with this schedule." Her logic? Our time at home is this hectic. Life isn't going to slow down any in the near future, and this project forces us to learn how to live our lives for Christ and rely on God in the midst of the chaos.

I'll say it again...I love our students. (the staff are great too) :)

Like I said, it's crunch time. Back to work. Be praying for us. If you're in the city, come to our show...and help with PR. Change your profile picture to the Intersection flyer.