"When we are willing to be open-minded, art and beauty come flooding into us in a thousand small ways. When we let ourselves see the possibilities instead of the improbabilities, we become as flexible and resilient as we really are. It is human nature to create. When we cooperate with our creativity, using it to […]
"It requires faith to continue pushing forward as a full-time creative because we are often stepping out onto what feels like a floating chunk of ice on a great winter lake that is floating off to somewhere good - we hope." --Rick Beerhorst
"Art is no fringe that is attached to the garment and no amusement that is added to life, but a most serious power in our present existence. Art reveals ordinances of creation which neither science, nor politics, nor religious life, nor even revelation can bring to light." --Abraham Kuyper
"Usually, the ones with the art in them feel it. Some dabble, daydream or hobby-out their passion. They sing in the shower, scribble verses on napkins or sell their drawings at craft shows a couple of times a year. But the irrepressible ones crave creative. They bend wires into sculptures for 12 hours at a […]
"The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of crowds, but that zone of time and space free from outside pressure which is the incubator of the spirit." -- Marya Mannes
Saw this printed on a card the other day, no author given: "It is never too late to begin what intrigues you." I liked the use of the word "intrigue", as I typically see this kind of sentiment expressed as "It's never too late to do what you love", or "to follow your dreams", etc. […]