Author Archives: Christi

About Christi

I am a single mother with two young daughters who are the world to me. I am a philosophy professor, especially fond of Kierkegaard and Augustine. Presently, I teach as an adjunct at a plethora of colleges in the Houston area, trying to make ends meet. Creating art brings me immense joy, but only recently have I begun to venture into the arena of making my creations a consumer commodity. I'd rather my work be created as a good in itself, and given to those I love. But necessity breeds invention, they say, and human beings have to eat.

A Residue of Life They Cannot Kill

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Christi

9×12″ watercolor on paper September 3, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Phantastes by George MacDonald: Afterwards I learned, that the best way to manage some kinds of pain fill thoughts, is to dare them to do … Continue reading →

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Her Torment is that She Is What She Is

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Christi

11×14″ watercolor on paper September 9, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from Lilith by George MacDonald: “You cannot go near her,” she said. “She is far away from us, afar in the hell of her … Continue reading →

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The Country Whence the Shadows Fall

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Christi

11×14″ watercolor on paper September 7, 2012 Buy original Buy prints Inspired by the following passage from The Golden Key by George MacDonald: They knew that they were going up to the country whence the shadows fall. And by this … Continue reading →

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Thou Hast Set the World Within My Heart

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Christi

11×14″ watercolor on paper September 9, 2012 Buy prints Inspired by the following stanza from “I Know What Beauty Is” by George MacDonald: I know what beauty is, for Thou Hast set the world within my heart; Its glory from … Continue reading →

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Through Mist and Dark My Soul Draws Nigh To Thee

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Christi

7×9″ pen and watercolor on paper September 28, 2012 Buy prints Inspired the following passage from Within and Without by George MacDonald: I thank thee for the sorrow and the care, Through which they gleamed, bright phosporescent sparks Crushed from … Continue reading →

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