Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 - A season for everything

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
 a time to be born, and a time to die;
 a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
 a time to kill, and a time to heal;
 a time to break down, and a time to build up;
 a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
 a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
 a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
 a time to seek, and a time to lose;
 a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
 a time to tear, and a time to sew;
 a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
 a time to love, and a time to hate;
 a time for war, and a time for peace.
What gain has the worker from his toil? I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil - this is God’s gift to man.

 - Ecclesiastes 3:1-13

This scripture has always been a reassurance to me when things aren't going so well, or a reminder to control myself and not speak or act at times - something which I've had to learn over a long hard period. I used to have a tendency to speak whatever came into my head, especially if it seemed funny to me. Often it wouldn't come out funny though, it would be sarcastic or rude or hurtful or just inappropriate. As an example I once asked someone if they'd just taken their pants off (they had taken off a money belt) - it sounded like a funny conversation starter to me but it was wildly inappropriate. I hope that I don't make stupid remarks like that any more.

For the art journal I wanted to do something to represent time and seasons, but rather than just concentrate on autumn, like the Bible Art Journalling Challenge from Rebekah R Jones (week 43), I wanted to do something to cover more seasons. I decided to draw four clocks, one representing each season, all set at different times, and add the part of the verse "a season for everything" (verse 8). I used watercolours, washi tape and a Micron pen to colour and add the text.