Dancing Free

by Sarah Hornsby

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24.000 x 30.500 inches

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Title

Dancing Free

Artist

Sarah Hornsby

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Yupo Paper

Description

I painted this in a class taught by Patt Odom at John C. Campbell Folk School. The Dancer is portrayed using the flowing technique of Acrylics on Yupo paper. Dawn detergent with a watery base makes the bubbly texture and intermingling of colors to show the fluid movements of the Nicaragua folk dancer. Typical are the long braids interwoven with ribbons, flowers adorning the hair, scarf and necklaces and bracelets, full skirts that are moved like flowers dancing in the wind, and the fan, gift of the Spanish gentleman to his Indian maiden. Such joy is expressed in the dance. I wrote the following poem. ....................................................SING THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT!

Joy of Joys come down
Sing into the Creation
Your Spirit�s Crown.
Sing into the Creation
LOVE overcoming pride.
PEACE beyond understanding.
Gentle Spirit ENDURING LONG.
KIND Spirit in the midst of fury.
PERSERVERING Spirit at the ages� dying.
PENETRATING Spirit in midst of superficiality.
PEACE-MAKING Spirit in midst of warring nations
and war�s profitabilities.
Sing, Sing, Sing into the silence of God�s heart
and Sing, Sing, Sing into the tumultuous chaos
Sing Sweet Spirit, illumine me
and use me as You will
to do Your will
Be Glad.
Be Filled and comforted with Delight.
Such Good you have been Given
So many Joys tempered by the Grief.
Let your Joy spill over like a waterfall,
from an unquenchable Source,
pouring into those situations for whom you pray,
that Gladness might cover
the Joy lift and sway
those others who ache with longings unnamed
Delight in Me covers a multitude of sins.

October 2003
�But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control��Galatians 5:22