… watching for the brushstrokes of God
“…when we acknowledge the gratuitous nature of life—not least the world’s inordinately diverse beauty—gratitude galvanizes us to ask and welcome questions that reach beyond our own context and experience. Artists at their best help us with such questions by presenting an expansive vision of life that reveals beauty in ever-wider zones.” ~ Makoto Fujimura
How are you led to questions that reach beyond?
The path of hope is often long and rarely straight. Hope emerges from the darkest moments of grief and loss with unexpected twists and turns while urging us toward the light.
How do you move toward hope?
Rituals arise from the land, surfacing through the bedrock and the soil, and enter the imagination of the people that live there… as a means of attuning ourselves with one another, to the land and the invisible world of spirit. ~ Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow
How do you enter healing grounds?
“Don’t shrink. Don’t puff up. Just stand your sacred ground.” ~ Brené Brown
How do find that space?
The beauty of art is that it allows you to slow down, and for a moment, things that once seemed unfamiliar become precious to you. ~ Kehinde Wiley
What do you notice when you slow down?
Every bird has a song to sing, each are given wings to fly and soar. Sparrow, robin or wren have what they need, ask the birds of the sky and they will tell you.
What is your song to sing?
With the Eyes of the Heart 