Bible Verse:

Luke 8:26-39 The Demoniac Cured

And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.

And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.

(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.).

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.

When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.

Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.

Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

My Remarks:

When the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away. In the fellowship, we discussed extensively about the reasons why Jesus sent him away. I doubted about the reasons.

However, one day when I went out with my sister and saw a lady’s trousers was torn, I immediately wanted to step forward to remind her. But my sister hold me back and said, “She knew her trousers was torn in advance. Don’t bother.” I brushed her hand away and told the lady about her trousers.

In recent environment of Hong Kong, I feel the hatred increases exponentially with the degree of violence. That’s not the city I get used to. If everyone in the city just like my sister, the violence will stop easily with the guns. And I think this is what the mainlanders get used to.

I really wish the mainlander authorities have the wisdom to clean all the messes with love.

Spread the Love

This is a photo of spreading the bread. We are the grains of HIS wheat. With HIS wisdom, we transformed from individual grains of wheat and united together to become the bread. The jam is the love that we shared and make the bread delicious. Hence, let’s spread the love to all men like spreading the bread.

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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!

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Bible Verse:

Luke 6:45 – The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

My Remark:

The flower symbolises our good treasure while the fountain is our speaking.  I hope everyone can always speak for their good treasure and the good treasure of his heart will grow with his speaking.   

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Bible Verse:

Proverbs 11:1 “A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.”

My Remark:

This project has 2 photos namely “HIS Happiness” and “HIS Disgust” with using the symmetry and asymmetry organisation to strengthen the content.

His Happiness

We are the leaves in HIS tree.  In order to accommodating all the leaves, a balance will maintain according to HIS guidances.  Each leaves alike while remains unique.  With HIS Happiness, HIS tree will keep growing.  

His Disgust

While this tree is sicked such that the crown of the tree is asymmetrical.  The balance of this tree is maintained by the external forces with care.   But the fate of this tree is foreseeable.  We somehow can sense it like HIS disgust.  

Bible Verse: 

Luke 6:27-28 “But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” 

My Remark:

The series has 3 photos: “You and Your enemy”, “Different Views” and “The Boundary”. The Design element I used is Form so It started with 2 entities in “You and Your Enemy”, then 3 entities in “Different Views” and lastly countless entities in “The Boundary”.

You and Your Enemy

In “You and Your enemy”, I want to emphasise the difference between you and your enemy in your own point of view with a blossoming flower and a dying flower. We often add difference between ourselve and our enemy. This adds conflicts, contradiction, hatred and finally may lead to mistreat. 

Different Views

Hence, in “Different Views”, I showed my own image reflected on 3 pots to stress that everyone has its own perception and the importance of communication. We can fight for settling the conflicts like a raw and we also can resolve conflicts by negotiations. 

The Boundary

In “The Boundary”, actually I want to show that God’s without boundaries. We are the leaves of His tree. We all perceives His light. I increased the ISO in a cloudy day such that the sky and the leaves seem without boundaries. It symbolises the uniqueness of us and the boundary between God and us and the boundaries among ourselves.

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Bible Verse:

John 3:8 – The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.

My Remarks:

The flower in focus symbolises our determination to the faith. It contradicted with the flowers that moved by the wind were out focus in the background. I hope our faith to God is as determined as the flower in front in this photo.