©2008. Worlds Thru Ink, Ron Jones

ARTIST'S DESCRIPTION OF PIECE
1998

Some details of this work called "Destiny" are described in Chapters #4 and #6. These Chapters on either side of Chapter #5 are what I call Practice Pieces. Original works or sketches that I used to help develop a specific line pattern or idea. This ink original titled "Destiny" is also a practice piece that was dedicated and actually given to the woman that would change my way of thinking. I titled the work as her name in honor of what she did for my soul the year we were together.

My life at this time was not on a defined path alongside Christ. Sure I was going to Church again and getting to know my parents again and developing a closer relationship with my sister and her family, but was God actually in my heart? Yes. He has always been there. I just chose to ignore the fact of His existence and guidance. This is what Destiny saw in me…or didn’t see in me. Christ to her was the One and only and by being with her and experiencing her life I became enveloped in this aura of God. Neither one of us was a perfect Christian but Destiny taught me that I could only better my life through Christ. So I listened to her and watched her life and witnessed Christ as I never had before.

In 2005 she saw my work displayed at a restaurant downtown and found out that I was involved with The Sixth Street Gallery. She left a phone number. I contacted her and we talked briefly. Her energy for Christ was still obvious. We actually did run into one another once a few months later, of course, at a Church Christmas program. We talked briefly again and then parted ways. At the time I didn’t think to mention the artwork.

This original was gifted to Destiny and I haven’t seen the work since 1998. I dedicated this piece to her because of what she had taught me. Not only did she show me the line work described in Chapter #4 and #6 she also brought a Christian happiness to my battered soul that I had been in search of for so long. We were together for just over a year. My life was on the right path subconsciously but I was still trying to break away from my past. I couldn’t quite do that entirely and she knew that. So when I asked for her hand in marriage she politely declined. Tears rolling from my eyes at yet more rejection, but looking back on the moment it was exactly the response God had intended.

There are so many more details to the significance of this relationship but what I have shared in this description are the defining facts that guided my thoughts to that of Christ and family and living a better world. As for the ink drawing I don’t even remember all the details that it contains. I know that she actually worked on the image with me by filling in some of the background ink around the Heavenly stars. She is the only one to ever assist with an original work. I also believe that her initials are included in the piece. I gifted it to her framed but if she ever happens to log onto this website and reads a little about our brief time together perhaps I’ll be able to scan the image and include it in this description. Hint Hint.