Well I finally did it. I began to draw again. The experience of drawing after so much time away is both refreshing and trying. I never thought that something that used to come so naturally would seem so difficult to do.
The creative mindset is a different mindset and I believe that's were most of the struggle comes from.
We spend so much time doing left brain tasks: writing, reading traffic signals, working out family budgets that the right brain creative tasks seem other worldly.
It the great balancing act. Living out in a practical way the abstract. It's similar to the walk of faith that followers of Christ struggle with daily. In art you deal with the abstractions of beauty and design while you struggle with the practical side of good craftsmanship. Let's face it if the craftsmanship is sub par the message is lost in the mess.
In the same way if we fail to live out the practical aspects of sanctification and christian character the holy message of redemption that we carry can get lost in our mess.
Thank God for His mercy. His grace comes in contact with our efforts, how ever feeble, and we find the strength and resources to meet the task at hand.
I Cor. 1:30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God--and righteousness and sanctification and redemption-- 31 that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the Lord."
So let us continue to glory in God alone. So weather in life or the study of the arts we can reach the level of excellence we are called to with the ability that the Spirit gives.
Eph.2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Chris
2 comments:
Good stuff Chris, thanks for sharing: ) Now keep on drawing!
Chris, when I leave off drawing for any length of time, I am always surprised by the return engagement (so to speak).
One on the one hand, there is a "rustyness" and clumsiness as old muscles get exercised after being dormant for so long... yet...
yet there is also some marked improvement somewhere, where something seems to have been improved by the hiatus.
did you find anything like that in your recent experience? Any thing that seemed to come surprisingly easier than it might have before?
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