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  1. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. - Romans 12:2
  2. Let us know when you receive your SEEN Journal in the mail and dig into the articles. We'd love to hear your thoughts.
  3. Interesting @huffingtonpost article on Creativity, Persistence, and Working Memory. huff.to/KPdOEg
  4. "There are two ways of spreading light... To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it." - Edith Wharton
  5. @IntlArtsMvmnt @iamconvos @brianjmoss Thanks for passing along the word about the podcasts. ow.ly/b9yQy
  6. Join CIVA to receive free issues of SEEN (members watch your mailbox) or purchase a copy in the store. bit.ly/IqSLcF
  7. "Faces" - new SEEN Journal has arrived, color pages brimming with insightful writing and great art! bit.ly/IqSLcF
  8. "An increase in light gives an increase in darkness." - Sam Francis
  9. "Dark Light" - Art historian Daniel A. Siedell deconstructs the work of the late Thomas Kinkade. bit.ly/LHJMqQ
  10. "Every moment of light and dark is a miracle." - Walt Whitman
  11. New CIVA Podcast: Preaching in a Visual Age, with Mark Labberton - Art and the Church Podcast - bit.ly/IUD8K0
  12. (2/2) "...A combination of the two... brings with it a very complicated richness." - Paul Gauguin
  13. (1/2) "There are two sorts of beauty; one is the result of instinct, the other of study..." - Paul Gauguin
  14. Worth remembering often: "The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work." - Emile Zola
  15. Reuben Margolin: Sculpting waves in wood and time. bit.ly/KG32Qz
  16. "To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle." - Walt Whitman
  17. "God summons us to cooperation... Fill the waterpots, stretch out your hand, distribute the loaves." - Elisabeth Elliot
  18. CIVA is in search of a part-time Office Administrator. Could this be you? civa.org/resources/job-…
  19. "Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them." - George Eliot
  20. All are creative, but not all are artists. What's the difference between being creative vs being an artist?