Sea Lily
Ceramic


By Patricia Jahla

 

Matthew 6:25

Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

 

Hand-built using native clay dug and processed by the artist; saggar fired. Clay is my prayer language and the studio is my prayer closet. I combine my pursuit of archeology, geology, art, and my love of the Lord to produce work which I pray will touch the hearts of viewers.

Sea lilies are actually an animal, not a plant. But they are rooted to one place in the ocean floor and depend on the tides to bring them food. If ever there was a more dependent, faithful animal, I don’t know what it would be. But God cares for these little creatures, though most of us will never see one.