Pushy

Ok so youre probably going to need the song reference for this one.  Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3jdbFOidds

Working on trying to get it to its original size. Which is Big.

Going for it again. Thanks for checking it out.

-Chris

'Pushy and Shove'

'Pushy and Shove' is an attempt to develop a series of character through single panel cartoons and illustrations.

It features two characters who are a part of the 'Bunker Row' neighborhood (which can be viewed in detail here) . Hopefully they'll explain themselves more in time

Its exciting to express ideas in a new medium and to see what kinds of subjects can be tackled, the chief of them being Christianity lived out in our society today.

Here's a late one from Easter:

More to come...

To God be the Glory,

Christopher Powell

Push and Shove

Good morning.

Lack of posts due to busyness (business?). I have also been working on some things. Wanted to share a few while I have the chance to post.

As usual, comments begged for and requested.

To God be the Glory,

Christopher Powell

One more final Les Miserables post I promise. Most likely. Maybe.

"Les Miserables" is an example of these two facts:

1. Emotions like Love, Joy and even Sadness, when acted out in their proper place, are glorious reminders of what it means to be alive.

1. Audiences, people, are moved by themes of Redemption.  Mankind responds, voluntary or not, to Spiritual things.

What is it about Les Miserables?

If I could only take 5 dvds to a desert island because it was a desert island with wall sockets, one of them would be Les Mis.  Its hit me in a way that few things do.

What is it about it?

2 quick thoughts:

Emotions. Les Mis reminds me that emotions, even the unpleasant ones, bring a kind of  flavor to our lives.

Sadness over a broken relationship, for example, is rough. Yet (stay with me) recently I feel this sort of beauty in the fact that I get to feel an emotion that is real and honest.

Those are the words. Real and Honest. Its almost like how I've heard people say that pain reminds them that they are alive?  These are emotions that only people can feel.

There's something perhaps therapeutic about feeling real, healthy emotions.

Are you rolling your eyes right now? Hmm I feel like two years ago, I would have too.

(2nd thought)

Substance. The best kind.

Les Mis skillfilly and unapologetically  uses Biblical and Judeo Christian themes in its story (themes that I imagine are in the original novel) .

Redemption. The Passion of Christ. Sacrifice. Courage. Liberty. Grace vs, the Law. Salvation. Love (not strictly the romantic kind). These themes are told in creative ways and add to the rich texture of the story.

Maybe , just maybe, these are themes that people respond to because they are themes that people want more of in their life.

To end, here's Jean Valjean

"The day begins...
And now lets see
What this new world
Will do for me!

Truth

Just to be upfront, 

I believe that Truth is found in the person of

Jesus Christ, 

the savior of the world.  

This may

or may not 

cause you to disagree

on several points 

with me.  

Either way, lets talk about how this affects our world.