“You
know the saying, 'Four months between planting and harvest.' But I say, wake up
and look around. The fields are already ripe for harvest.”
One
of the hardest tasks is to move art students from the desire to create things
that make them look cool to an overwhelming desire to become someone who sees
in the arts the opportunity to love God with all their heart, soul, mind and strength
and to love their studio neighbor as they love themselves.
Creating
anything to make you look cool is a flawed purpose. Eventually, and sooner than
we think, we end up just an old person, bald, overweight, wearing comfortable shoes
and staying at home.
To
do anything difficult, and art making is very difficult, requires a purpose
that will sustain you through all the difficulties (including getting old). There is no purpose more aligned for
creativity than God and a personal relationship with Him.
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| Christo's wrapping of the island in Biscayne Bay. Long before I met Betty she flew over this work as she was leaving a Florida vacation. She saw the image in my notes one day and nonchalantly said, "I've seen that." |
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