Writer, Artist, Wife, Educator
The reason for the Mind Over Things That Matter blog is to untangle the thoughts we have while we try to live in a flawed world. Every member of my family struggled with mental and emotional anomalies of one kind or another at one time or another. Thus, my curiosity regarding the power of changing our minds about stuff, therefore, moving beyond survival into a place of living an abundant life. John 10:10
Now, I make art about these kinds of ideas and memories, lifetime ideas. Click here Jenna Fergus Art for more about my work.
That is me, Jennifer (Jenna) Fergus, the girl in the red dress hanging onto daddy as though my life depended on it. The Rambler is a 1950 something model and we look like the typical “cool family” from the 1960’s. But, family isn’t what it seems in a picture.
Life is so funny and mostly difficult. We really can’t expect pictures to represent the fullness of truthful experience for each person depicted. However, photos can communicate more than we would sometimes think. Look carefully and you will see who is holding whom and facial expressions which reveal underlying emotions. We all struggle to be ok in a world that isn’t ok. Therefore, let’s think together about how to make each others lives better.
Art about Moments to Savor
Reality is often quite different from one person’s memory to another. Therefore, Heirlooms of Our Mothers & Grandmothers is about the complexity of perspective in which each person holds their memories. Remembering is simple and complex. Some moments are like cling wrap which preserve the bits and pieces of the people, places and things of…
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Pride demands that art is about us/me. Visual Art is so much bigger than that. Art is the most substantial way human beings converse, communicate and tell of the Gospel. Whether they mean to or not, artists whose works are embraced to be just that, Art, illustrate about the Gospel.
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