by WillBowen | Aug 6, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – Old Age As you look at this final painting in the Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole, note that the voyager’s face is peaceful and serene while his gaze is upward toward his continuation to the next journey.Having seen one of the two sets of...
by WillBowen | Aug 5, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – Manhood Of the four images in this series by Thomas Cole, my favorite is the third: Manhood.Possibly, it’s because this is the stage in which I now find myself so it’s the one I relate to.More likely it’s because this is the one painting in the...
by WillBowen | Aug 4, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – Youth When I was 12, I knew how I wanted my life to turn out and I could see it so clearly just as this youth can see his dreams in the second Voyage of Life painting by Thomas Cole.When I was 13 I planned to replace Peter Chris and play the drums...
by WillBowen | Aug 3, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – Childhood Back in 2003, my class in ministerial school took a trip to Washington, DC and while we were there me and a few friends visited the National Gallery of Art.One of my friends had once volunteered at the National as a docent so he knew which...
by WillBowen | Jul 31, 2020 | JumpStarts
JumpStart – Invictus Today, I’d like to do something I don’t often do — honor the passing of an American hero. Congressman John Lewis took his fight for civil rights to the other side when he died July 27, 2020 at the age of 80.Along with Dr. King, Lewis...
