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Integrated Design 1 · Spring 2026

P2: Faith, Doubt, Dread

Ten pictures about being caught in a storm: fear, doubt, being rescued — and the quiet that faith can keep inside you even while the storm goes on.

The opening artwork of P2: the poem set into a painted field, in the artist's own layout.

Prologue

Night has deepened, veiling my eyes.
I cannot see where the wind and waves arise.
I only know that merciless swells are tossing my boat.
I feel only the icy sea draining the warmth from my body.
I hear the wind and waves conspiring, threatening to swallow me whole.
I cling desperately to the boat’s crossbeam,
yet I feel my strength beginning to fade.
Lord, will You save me?
Will Your mercy reach me
as it reached those who came before?
I let the wind and waves toss me,
for my heart tells me that You are calling me to rest.
That rest is a light shining upon me.
I reach out to touch it and say,
“I know You.”
It is Your steadfast love that never abandons me.
It is my comfort and my salvation,
guiding me toward the shore
I am meant to reach.

The poem is part of the artwork; this is an English translation of it, set beside the picture rather than replacing it.

Starting point

“Faith, doubt and dread are states of mind in mundane Christian life. This can be circular as the environment changes. Doubt is the bridge between faith and dread.”

In her process book, Eunice says dread feels like fear so big that everything blurs; doubt feels like standing at a crossroads, not knowing which way to go; and faith shows up in opposites — outside and inside, storm and peace, dark and light.

Dread

Eunice starts with dread — fear at its strongest — inspired by the Bible story where Peter steps out onto the waves (Matthew 14:29-30). Everything around the figure looks shaky and dangerous. The swirling motion, the darkness, and the scattered yellow specks let you almost feel the fear in your own body.

Dread I: a figure held inside a turbulent blue-green field with yellow particles.

Dread I

A person is trapped inside churning blue-green water and sky, with yellow specks blowing through the air.
Dread II: a darker, more disorienting environment around a figure nearly lost in motion.

Dread II

Everything grows darker and harder to make sense of. The person is almost swallowed by the swirling around them.

Doubt

“Doubt is a bridge between faith and dread. It is a web that entangles the soul in anxiety, and a wave that shakes the heart into the fear of the unknown.”

Doubt Panorama: a bound silhouette inside a wide red web and wave field.

Doubt Panorama

A tied-up figure stands inside a web of red lines and waves. It was made as one very wide picture, so the gallery hangs its two halves side by side — read them together as one.
Doubt II: contour figures meeting an unstable red and luminous environment.

Doubt II

Figures drawn in simple outline stand in shaky red light. Now the struggle is not inside one person any more — they are in it together.

Rescue and Faith

Eunice says faith is a peace inside you that can stay even while everything outside keeps roaring. She draws people as simple outlines, then shows what they feel inside — with watercolor, pastel, blurry photo effects, and light.

Doubt and Save: a small boat moving through cloud, darkness, and scattered light.

Doubt and Save

A small boat pushes through thick clouds and darkness, with bits of light scattered all around.
Faith I: a quiet figure glowing inside the storm.

Faith I

A calm figure glows in the middle of the storm. It hangs as one half of the final pair. (The original file was small, so the gallery shows a copy that was enlarged and sharpened with computer help.)
Faith II: two contour figures reaching through a field of red, blue, yellow, and green.

Faith II

Two contour figures reach through an energetic field of red, blue, yellow, and green.
Faith III: a green-blue image turning toward illumination.

Faith III

The last picture, in green and blue, turns toward the light. The story ends here.