Prevenient Image License (Ephesians 2:1-10)
Prevenient Image License (Ephesians 2:1-10)
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Prevenient
by Hannah Garrity
Inspired by Ephesians 2:1-10
Paper lace
From our “Again & Again” Lent & Easter 2021 collection.
Order includes:
high-res image file formatted for print
high-res image file formatted for web/projection
colorable image file formatted for print
A PDF of the Artist's statements & scripture reference for the visual
A visio divina Bible Study Guide for you to use this image in a group study session that incorporates the ancient Benedictine spiritual practice of "divine seeing."
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Artist's name | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
From the artist:
In our group study of the lectionary scriptures for Lent, Lisle was quick to tell me that this text matters a lot to Reformed theologians. I needed that theological and historical context. My first reading had brought nothing deep or important. I had completely missed what our Reformed thinkers had contemplated for centuries. Here are my notes from our conversation:
“This Ephesians text is really important to Reformed theologians. The idea in Paul’s words is all about God’s grace, not works. Prevenient grace—we are given grace and we live our lives in response to that grace. This makes me think of the Paul Simon lines,
‘And as I watch the drops of rain
Weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain
There but for the grace of you go I.’*
I imagine a flow of water; it speaks of baptism. The ripple represents the expansive effect of God’s prevenient grace.”
Repetition in art is important. When I first created this piece, it appeared to me to be three different images. The sky, the distant water, and the ripple in the foreground. As I stared at the three patterns, I desired unification. Perhaps I’d repeat the ripple in the sky, or maybe add thin lines in the foreground to tie it in. But maybe, metaphorically, this separation can represent the idea of prevenient grace. The sky and the distance appear separated from the present. God’s grace—represented in the water ripple in the foreground—will eventually connect us to it all.
—Hannah Garrity
* This is the last stanza of “Kathy’s Song” by Simon and Garfunkel. © 1965 words and music by Paul Simon.
