"A Time to Cast Away Stones, A Time to Gather Stones Together"

Tim Vermeulen created a series of diptychs based on the Biblical passage Ecclesiastes 3. This passage is a meditation on the passing time and the nature of existence. “In these paintings the paired thoughts of each verse become a springboard for a journey or pilgrimage inside the self. The meditations may suggest a void at the center of our loves while at the same time glimpsing the possibility of overcoming insufficiently, degradation, humiliations, and vulnerabilities.” Tim Vermeulen, 2008

  

In the piece pictured above, A Time to Cast Away Stones, A Time to Gather Stones Together, the same medium, stones, can be used as a vehicle of hope and a vehicle of hate. We choose. As we prepare to create our community labyrinth on May 4 may our intention be one of comm-unity building, hope and movement into the future.