The Rain Prayed (With Her)

The Rain Prayed (With Her) was one of the first paintings I painted during my period of “Spirited Solitude”. Other than a passive participation in elementary and middle school art classes, I didn’t paint for myself until late 2016, early 2017. In 2011, I bought art supplies for the first time, ahead of the one […]

#SpiritedSolitude: The Reflection

#SpiritedSolitude noelclark.com shares a taped conversation with stage IV cancer survivor turned medical marijuana advocate, Kyle Kostic and artist, Lorenzo P. of lorenzopphotography.com as we discuss self-imposed isolation as a form of Spirited Solitude. Told by doctors he had less than a year to live, Kyle Kostic began living on his own terms. He packed […]

#DontHideYourFly

#DontHideYourFly Often times, people think of life as linear. They imagine life as a perfect timeline, where schooling takes this amount of time, you find you partner at such and such an age, get married, have kids, yadda ya, yadda ya– all milestones reached at preconceived times. All imagined benchmarks that people assume will just […]

The Power of Hope

Hope is undeniably responsible for many of life’s greatest triumphs. Hope is one of the most compelling feelings one can be motivated by. Life sometimes can feel bitter, harsh, and unrelentingly cruel. Without the power of hope, sometimes these conditions can feel as though they are too much to bear. I have felt defeated by […]

Be Still.

Lucifer, the “son of the morning”, was one of the most powerful archangels until he allowed pride to become his master.  With an army of other (now fallen) angels, he sought to take over Heaven. To lead the charge against him, God called upon St. Michael, as defender in battle. Lucifer, which means “Light bringer” […]