The longer I walk with Christ the more I'm challenged to seek Him in all I do. I especially love it to be on this journey with Him in my art making. What I'm pondering about right now is how speaking in tongues is linked to my art practice. This came when a friend challenged me this summer to pray regularly in tongues and see if things will change. She told me about a friend who did the challenge for some months and had quiet some special encounters in that time. It might be linked to speaking in tongues or not. Who knows. But I was up for it. I like games. And challenges. So I started to have a set time during my quiet time in the mornings to pray in tongues. I didn't grew up with the Holy Spirit and therefore didn't expect a lot from it. Some weeks before, I had started to make a drawing while my quiet time in order to give God the space to speak to and through me. Usually, unlikely my abstract art practice, I ended up drawing figurative pictures and sometimes handed the results to people afterwards. I kept this time of drawing during the speaking in tongues challenge. And my drawings turned abstract. This was weird to me. I always though God wanted to communicate! Clearly! In a way, I realized that I've never believed that God was able to speak through my abstract and geometric drawings and installations. In my head, God only spoke with figurative paintings. When speaking in tongues I had to let go of understanding. Of controlling. And letting God move me. To be more lead by Him and less by my own ideas was new. And still, I don't know if both is link. But anyways, I want to keep both up: speaking in tongues; letting my soul tell God what is really important. And allowing God to take over in my art making.
I would love to hear your thoughts and experiences. Please comment.
