Proverbs

I found an old document that I put together which describes the wonderful gems found in the book that is called Proverbs. Here is a collection of answers to social issues of the day, as tackled by King Solomon:

CITY SOUND ORDINANCES:

Proverbs 27:14 "He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse unto him.?

URBAN SPRAWL:

Proverbs 21:19 "It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a conentious and angry woman."

HOUSING DENSITY:

Proverbs 20:9 "It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house."

CHILD CARE:

Proverbs 22:15 "Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him."

Proverbs 30:17 "The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it."

HEALTH CARE:

Proverbs 30:33 "Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, as the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood."

The Bluelemon (Or as Katrina calls it: The Bluemelon)

Friday night I went with some of the interior designers at work to the Rocky Mountain chapter of the International Interior Design Association Best Awards evening. We submitted the bluelemon to the competition. It won the Merit Award in the PLAY category, and also the People's Choice award. Marbe worked the room to get everyone to vote for us.

A grainy photo of myself, Marbe and Andrae accepting our award.


Marbe designed the space and my job was to figure out how to build it, and create the drawings.


The space had some complexity, like three layers of ceiling, as shown above.


This is the window that overlooks the Salt Lake Temple.

Art Wolfe on PBS

Art Wolfe is a photographer who travels around the world taking photographs of people of different cultures and also wildlife. His show, "To The Edge" takes you on his photo shoots. You get to see how he takes the pictures, then how they turn out. This week I watched one where he visited a nomadic tribe in the mountains of Mongolia. Their basis of subsistance was the domestication of the reindeer. They rode them like horses, and milked them like cows. Pretty interesting. She photo of lady in purple shirt below.

I really like him. His photos are creative and so artistic. He is always so positive and excited to get to interact with different cultures. I think that photography is a form of gratitude. It is an expression of willingness to look for the good in the world. In the effort to capture the moment, we are saying that the moment has value, because it is a gift. People are wonderful, as are all of God's creations.

He makes me nervous when he dangles his camera over the edge of boats.

This is his website:

http://travelstotheedge.com/

Church History Museum and Gilgal Park

For Family Home Evening 75 or so of us from the ward went to the Church History Museum. They had various guides that manned each station. It was really cool. I learned a lot more than you do when you just run through it by yourself.

Death masks of Joseph and Hyrum. Hyrum was shot in the chin, so you can see where they had to add plaster. The modern paintings of Joseph are based on this mask.

A replica of the bible Joseph Smith used to correct the translation of the bible. If one word was wrong, he'd just cross it out and write it in. If it was longer, he'd write a letter next to it that referenced it to a document he was creating.

The actual transcript of the translation of the Book of Mormon.

Drawings for the Nauvoo Temple

African saints interpretation of the Mormon Creed in the pioneer era:

"Mind Your Own Business".

Doing research for the atonement garden I am working on at BYU-Idaho, someone told me about Gilgal Park. It is a strange sculpture garden near Trolley Square in Salt Lake. A man made sculptures, many on Old Testament themes over his lifetime. The family kept the park and made it open to the public.

"The Altar"

The stone arch is a monument to the priesthood. The pile of rocks with plows sticking out on the right is a monument to peace (Isaiah reference to weapons being turned into plows).

Yes, this is a Sphinx with the head of Joseph Smith. Not sure what it means.

B-Y-U Cougars

Bethany, Katrina and I went to the Carl Bloch exhibit at BYU. We took Celeste and Jackson along. They didn't last long in the exhibit, but liked running around campus. We took them to the Bean Museum of Taxidermified animals. We passed all of the tents lined around the Marriott Center waiting for good seats for the home basketball game against Wyoming (We won).

It is so special to have the original Carl Bloch paintings brought over from Europe. There was a very strong spirit inside the exhibit. It is free, but you need tickets. You can get them at:

http://carlbloch.byu.edu/