Sunday, August 29, 2010

Life IS An Art

If Life is a work of art (in progress), I like to think of, and relate with the various stages and episodes within that work as poems writing themselves in the daily realities of our experience. Of course Life is an art. It can be done well, artfully, skillfully, with discipline, with grace, with wisdom and insight and compassion, or it can be done poorly, lacking these qualities. Just as there are skilled and inspired artists of music, literature, painting, sculpture, performance, paper, spirituality, leadership, building, design, etc., there are those who are skilled in the art of Life. Conversely, there are practitioners of all of these who are, well, lacking; and therefore uninspiring. More importantly perhaps, these latter practitioners may be wandering lost in the inner and outer worlds, wondering why. This is usually quite a painful condition, both for the wanderer, and for those sensitive enough or caring enough to be moved by their struggles.

Calling artists and artists in training. Those of you who may have a willingness to explore as well as to wander; to discover as well as to seek; to learn as well as to study; to grow as well as to move.







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