Moonie's Ramblings

[Prof. Moonie]

Off to eat lunch. Be back in awhile.  

[Prof. Moonie]

I'm back.  

[Prof. Moonie]

"And besides, I had particular secret places of my own in the woods, where I used to retire by myself; and used to be from time to time much affected" (Edwards 386)

Sounds a lot like me. Well, the part about having special places that only I knew about in the woods that I would hang out quite a bit at. The religious aspect not so much.  

[Prof. Moonie]

"Heaven appeared to me exceeding delightful as a world of love. It appeared to me, that all happiness consisted in living in pure, humble, heavenly, divine love" (Edwards 390)

I like how Jonathan Edwards worded that description. And I think I have to agree with that. It is said that God is love... so therefore, heaven must be a place filled with love. :)  

[Prof. Moonie]

I love the imagery in this selection:

"...and that it made the soul like a field or garden of God, with all manner of pleasant flowers; that is all pleasant, delightful and undisturbed; enjoying a sweet calm, and the gently vivifying beams of the sun. The soul of a true Christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower, as we see in the spring of the year; low and humble on the ground, opening its bosom, to receive the pleasant beams of the sun's glory; rejoicing as it were, in a calm rapture; diffusing around a sweet fragrancy; standing peacefully and lovingly, in the midst of other flowers round about; all in like manner opening their bosoms, to drink in the light of the sun" (Edwards 390).  

[Prof. Moonie]

"...I see that serpent rising and putting forth its head, continually, everywhere, all around me" (Edwards 396).

I just of The Karate Kid and the scene of the lady at the temple and the snake; how the snake, unconsciously, was copying what the lady did.

I don't know if anyone else has thought of this in this form of context but...

As known to most everyone, the Snake is considered to be a symbol of the Devil. Well... what if a person - a Christian, if they need to be - was able to outsmart the snake-like Devil? The Devil may have tried to gain control of the person, but in the end, the person outsmarted them. *does the slow Snake hypnotism move* Nice try Devil! Me 1 You 0.

 

[Prof. Moonie]

I was going to type out quotes of another piece I just read, but then I realized I enjoyed the entire thing. So, I'll just say this: Jonathan Edwards' "On Sarah Pierpont" sounds like it's describing me. If you haven't read the piece, and/or want to get a better sense of what I'm like, I suggest you go and read it.  

[Prof. Moonie]

Alright. I'm done with my reading. Sure, I didn't read all of the pieces, but there was too many and they were quite long. I at least read enough to get an understanding of each's styling and what they mostly focused on. So... yeah...  

[Prof. Moonie]

*looks at the dollz she made so far this year* I didn't doll anything during the month of February. Wow...  

[Prof. Moonie]

*works on a doll* La di da...  

[Prof. Moonie]

Just finished a doll portrait of me. :) It's been awhile since I've done of me, so I thought I would do one. Especially since it's been over a month since I last dolled. Better to reignite my dolling skills with something easy and simple to do, than some complicated, elaborate piece.  

[Prof. Moonie]

La di da...  

[Prof. Moonie]

Going to go make myself some tea. Be back in a bit.  

[Prof. Moonie]

Back.

Once I'm done with this doll, I'm going to play more of the Pool game that Gaia just released. It's really fun. :  

[Prof. Moonie]

*listens to Queen*