Dreamers of DREAMs - by Richard L

It's common when thinking about our dreams and our future to imagine someone peering out across the sea, feeling called to leave the world they've known, and search for new shores. That was what we did at DREAM in Haydock last night, with the help of a meditation on St Brendan, one of the great Celtic saints, and a range of creative ways to express this for ourselves.

My own preferred medium is digital art - manipulating photographs , Flash animation, 3D rendering etc. Below is the image that came to mind.

Last night's DREAM got me thinking about how we release digital creativity in worship ... how about "bring your laptop and hook up to our wireless projector" ... whatever is created in the shared space can be uploaded to a central computer connected to a video projector, or screens, so everyone can see it, and perhaps downloaded to an iPod for people to take away. Geek speak aside, I have two visions for this:

1. To build a creative space where people can explore and express their spiritual search in their preferred artistic medium, and then share it with others ...
2. "Creative Prophetic Prayer" - to release creativity in the context of the prayer life of the church, not for self-expression this time, but as a way to express whatever God shares with us for the people and world around us i.e. it's about prayer first, and creativity second.

Would you be interested in either of these? Any thoughts or ideas? Responses?

Richard L

(P.S. That's a person floating on the water in the image below - click for a larger image)