Being an artist

There are many ways to be creative in this life and we can bring a sense of creativity to our daily life in a multitude of ways, not just by painting or writing. I read this meditation a week ago and wanted to share it on my blog. It comes from Tian Dayton and concerns more the art we can bring to making sense of our inner world. I thought it may speak to some readers.

Being an Artist

I will be an artist today and speak what is my innermost truth, share what is in my mind and heart. An artist’s job is both to reflect and lead. It is only when I am willing to be honest that I am close to my own art. Art is not about being right. If it were, I would never create. I will decode life in my own way today and express myself as me.

I will be me

Nobody really knows why we’re here, obviously. There are big pieces missing from the pictures offered us by science and religion. Based on present knowledge, the whole thing simply doesn’t make sense. But what so wonderful is that we want it to make sense, and our need for meaning drives us relentlessly to create. Cave paintings, totem poles, villages, cathedrals – it is a never ending process. Sometimes I think we have become the creative gods and goddesses of our myths and dreams. If we do have a purpose, maybe it is to join with the evolutionary process through our complex artistic creation. Our stories and poems and lasers are as significant as diamonds or gold or angelfish.

Anne Rice