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| "And I was lifted from despair, for through these present pains, a great truth rears up, roars out: A REMNANT YET REMAINS." s. Clark |
Remnant.
At The Center for Creativity & Community, we made a promise to one another—we wouldn’t throw anything away.
If we were making a collage, after we found the pictures in the magazine we needed, we kept the magazine.
And the clippings.
If we were painting a picture, after we created the piece of art, we put the remaining paint back in the bottle.
And the brushes.
If we were writing a story, after we told our story, we saved the paper that we didn’t write on.
And the pencil shavings.
Even the discarded parts of our projects could be used for art.
In Scotland, when I bought my kilt, the seamstress asked, “Would you like me to send the remnants to you, too?”
Remnants.
A remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like. A fragment or scrap. A small, unsold, or unused piece of cloth, lace, etc.,
Remnant.
Of the past.
Like the phone hanging on the wall with the chord.
Like the relationship between the Montague’s and the Capulet’s.
Like in Lamentations, of the city and the people left in the rubble.
Remnant.
A surviving trace.
Remnants are reminders of resiliency.
Remnants are reminders of hope.
Remnants are reminders of originality.
Remnants are invitations to repent.
Remnants are invitations to resolve.
Remnants are invitations to remember...and respond with justice.
In Isaiah, remnants are…
those in her who repent, by righteousness.
Or are they in Luke…
the tenants [who] beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
Remnants.
The possibility of more creation. The process isn’t done.
The art is still waiting for an artist—a new set of eyes, younger hands, a breath of fresh air.
Remnant.
A reminder that even those cast to the side belong to the Creator.
Remnants.
Tell the story of what was…
…while also…
...inviting what will be…
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