Bible Verse:

(Luke 8:4-15) And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

My Remark:

This series is titled Parable of the Sower and its from Luke 8:4-15. The series consists of 4 photos in refer to the 4 situation of the seeds. When we were studying the bible, the reaction to the bible verse were different when we studied even the same verse in different time. Hence, this verse is highly recommended us to soften our heart and let the seed grow. It suggested us to study with deep soil.

Fell by the way side

The flower symbolises the seed which is fell by the way side. It’s fall down for some time. I’ve left many space on top to contrast to the trodden of the flower. I’ve used rule of third to concentrate the focus on the flower and balanced out with imagination of the trodden with the enough space. The contrast of the purple of the flower and the red on the road stimulates the imagination.

Fell upon a rock

This in condition little plant has more luck than fell upon a rock. It at least grows, but as you see, it’s in condition. And it’s foreseeable that it’ll soon die. Sometimes, we heard the verse without heart. So when temptation came, we will soon be suspicious. In this photo, I used symmetry to symbolises the evil and good. And we are the little judge as the plant in the middle. If you sense like this, the seed is fell upon a rock la.

Fell among thorns

When we go on our living, we somehow feel the emptiness. We somehow sense it, but we keep on living. This bible verse suggested the seed somehow grow but the fruit can’t be grown. What’s the fruit? It’s the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control from Galatians 5:22-23.

I used some spoiled flowers to symbolises fell among thorns. As we like the spoiled flowers sometimes that we don’t know why we can’t blossom. I’ve used golden triangle in the composition.

Fell on good ground

It’s the best situation when we study the bible. We take good care of the verse, practice on the verse and let it grow. In this photo, we not only grow the fruit, but also attracted the butterfly to our field. It always our choice on how we live. So don’t make regret! Live it UP!