“26 letters, thousands of words, yet it was hopeless to expect that my words could ever do this love, this grace, justice, by my frail attempts to contain it in words alone.

In the winter I took apart an old typewriter, for the keys, the letters and gears and springs that have all made their way into pieces of art I have made. But I kept the typewriter shell; my wife suggested it may be useful in some way later on.

As I was up one night musing on God’s grace and my inability, I realized that useless typewriter was a perfect metaphor for my own inability to communicate through words the greatness of God’s reach for us, and if a message came from it, that would be a miracle.”

That is an excerpt from my first post and the rationale for the typewriter and the funny name for a blog site. It is a recognition of my powerlessness to convey the grace and beauty that was intiated by God, in His reach for us.  Words are useful, but limited, and so when trying to contain or convey such richness, they fail.

This blog is about working to better understand and live that grace in my life and art and to see it spread to others around me as well.