Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Where will the music take you?

I did this drawing a couple years ago titled "Where Will the Music Take You?*" I don't often comment on my purpose or intent in creating my artwork but in this case, I remember I was playing with a new medium and working on an idea for a jazz poster. In the end, I was content with how it turned out.

Music is one of those things that talks straight to my emotions. It so often carries me away in a swirl of harmonies that I can't have it on when I'm writing or doing other work I really need to focus on. I think that's probably what was going through my mind and my fingers as I worked on and named this piece.

Then last Sunday, we read in Matthew 24: 31

And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
In this passage, Jesus was talking with his disciples about the end times, those days just before He returns again to earth for the last time. I know there can be a lot of discussion about the hows, whos, whys and whens of His second coming, but what struck me was this: That trumpet call will be the signal for our eternity. As that trumpet's brassy note rings across the heavens, some will be gathered up and others will be left behind. For those who have accepted Christ's work on the cross, it will be a song of triumph and freedom. For others, it will mean they've ignored Him one too many times.

So I want to ask you, when that final trumpet sounds, where will the music take you?

If you're not sure, there are a couple links on the left under "Questions?" that can get you started on the path to certainty. Please don't wait too long. That trumpet might sound any day now.


*"Where Will the Music Take You?" copyright VJCoulman, 2007.
Prismacolor pencil on Crescent matboard, 18" x 24". All rights reserved.

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