For our upcoming exhibit 'Prayer & Wisdom: Reflections on Psalms and Proverbs' we really didn't know how to create a promotional image because even though the exhibit is only three weeks away, none of the artwork exists yet (!).  The exhibit is going to be pretty wild and most of it is installation art that needs to be built into the space once the Mega Churches exhibit comes down.

So, the image above is what Bradley Speaks and I came up with.  In Sojourn Visual Art's main studio, we just piled up a bunch of the junk we're working with, banged some nails in some plywood, and wrapped the extension cord through the nails to spell 'prayer & wisdom'.  Then we plugged one end of that extension cord into the wall and the other end into one of the strobe lights I use for photography.  Bradley held the light, I clicked the picture, and with a long exposure going, Bradley walked out of the frame, leaving his image sort of ghostly.

I love the metaphor that happened.  Without too much forethought on our parts, the light, metaphorically, became evidence that there is power in prayer and wisdom.  Yes, it's literally electrical power, but in my mind it comes to represent spiritual power which, of course, is the most powerful kind of power.

I don't know if people looking at this briefly will even recognize that the light is powered by the same cord that spells out the exhibit title, but I hope so.