“Walking in this world, we do not go unpartnered. We do not speak our prayers unheard. There is someone or something listening with the most tender of hearts. As we open to our inner life, our outer life also shifts. Lives are transformed by a gentle form of listening that is like walking with a cherished friend who listens and then says, “You might want to try X. Oh, look at that great squirrel…”
“As we go within, we discover that we are not alone there. The loneliness we fear finding in art is actually the loneliness of disconnecting ourselves from our creativity and our creator. As we try our hand literally at the making of something, we do meet our maker. As we try to make more and more, more and more is made of us and through us. 'Not I, but the Father doeth the work.'”
“Begin where you are, with who you are. In order to go where you want to go creatively, you have to start somewhere. And the best place to start is precisely where you are. This is true whether you are a beginning artist or someone with long miles down the track. In fact, seasoned artist can waste time and energy mulling the dignity of their acquired position in the field when the truth is, they still need to just start again.”
“Five minutes might lead to ten, just as a tentative embrace leads to something more passionate. Making art is making love with life. We open ourselves to art as to love.”
“A small beginning is exactly that: a beginning. Rather than focus on large jumps--which may strike us as terrifying and unjumpable--we do better to focus on the first small step, and then the next small step after that.”
“One day you just have to start and what you do that day is the beginning of success or failure.”
“Creativity is inspiration coupled with initiative. It is an act of faith and, in that phrase, the word 'act' looms as large as the 'faith' that it requires.”
“When we do not act in the direction of our dreams, we are only 'dreaming.' Dreams have a will-o’-the-wisp quality. Dreams coupled with the firm intention to manifest them take on a steely reality. Our dreams come true when we are true to theme.”
Let these words encourage you today, just as they have done for me. Whether it’s to create something you've been pondering upon, or to simply step out in faith toward something that you desire to manifest in life. Do it. Wake yourself up and take that step.
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