Some discussions about the “environmental” overtones with the trees and cut trees that I was working on sparked some conversations about sanctification. In regards to the trees that had been culled and the intended purpose for the tree once it was selected. God selects us to be more than we would be on our own. The tree died to become something more. To serve a higher purpose. I like the idea that man is here to cultivate the earth. To take what has been given to us and manage it, steward it well.
I am for conservation and preservation of our world's natural resources. So much more important to me is about the act of not wasting resources that we already have. More importantly to use our resources in an efficient and thorough way by farming, planting and maximizing the natural resources in a healthy way. I believe this is important for the continuation of what God had in store before the fall. Now as restored beings we have the ability to get back “closer” to God's plan for us.
These drawings are touching on something that I feel is worth exploring by focusing on how a resource is better used by creating an order to manage and maximize the potential. These sketches are somewhat humorous or light-hearted, but possibly the intent is clearer to a viewer. Clearer in that they don't allude to conservation but address the idea of “one thing being turned into another thing” or, sanctification. A concept strengthened by connecting the tree and the intended purpose of the tree and showing the tree's future. Not just a cut off tree with no future and apparently a wasted “life” but a timeline of the life of a tree.
This also will be addressed in my experiments with tree growth rings (more to come in that direction).
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