Embrace by Jake Hamilton // Marked by Heaven

My third self-portrait for my 2-D design class had to be an emotional one; some kind of memory or feeling that really impacted me. I had no idea what to do because most of my memories don't make too much sense to me in an artsy form. But this feeling of freedom kept coming to mind. So I got this picture in my head of shackles or a rope being broken or torn off and this sense of relief that "it's all gonna be okay". I thought about how Jesus said His Father takes care of the sparrows that are defenseless and have no home then surely He care more about the one's He created out of dust and called His friends.

The drawing is a sparrow flying out of it's cage because the door has been opened but there was a rope tied around it's neck attached to the door of the cage that was keeping it from REALLY being free. The moment I captured was when the rope had just ripped and the sparrow was truly free. I feel like when we cut off things that are going to hold us back, we really get a sense of that sparrow being free knowing that it's Maker is caring for it.

To me, it's shows that struggle that we go through wanting to be free but knowing we are only living in a false freedom such as a religious spirit or even holding yourself back from your full potential by always seeing the negative in yourself.

That moment of freedom is like no other. Yes, you are tired of struggling and trying to get free on your own, but when you let the Maker take care of you, you finally get what Jesus was talking about when He said "Don't worry about anything". Whatever you dream of doing; God has an even greater plan and dream for your life, it's all about trusting Him.

-beautiful crown