Cat is coming over today. We’re going to take pretty pictures and eat lunch. I am terrifically excited because Cat knows how to take amazing photos and I know she’ll teach me a thing or two.
But I’m also excited because my soul is tired and the artist inside of me needs refueling.
Cat is an artist ~ so she understands. Little things like a delicious lunch and a garden walk can make a big difference.
I have been reminded of late that art takes t-i-m-e. Lots of it. Why, just yesterday, I labored over this post for 4 hours. Three separate drafts and four hours later, I finally finished it. Yes, I’m absolutely serious. Stringing those little thoughts together with those two photos took that much time.
That’s when I realized I desperately needed refueling. So today, I’ll share something delicious from my kitchen and step outside with my camera … and just play a bit. Because there are days when you have to be gentle with your tired, arty soul.
When your soul is tired, how do you refuel?
PS. Recently watched Coco before Chanel (pinned it here) ~ gorgeous film. You might like it.
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Oh, I wish we had pulled out the watercolors! So little time, so much to create!! Thank you for the most wonderful afternoon of play. I hope you feel as inspired and rejuvenated as I feel! God is good. Life is beautiful.
I agree, art does take time. When my artist is weary and is seeing only in shades of gray, I know it’s time for me to stand on my head – where the blood flow is great- and view things from a different perspective. Then, stand up and go PLAY! Maybe jumping on the trampoline, dancing to a piece of music that I haven’t heard in a long time, walking through my garden and touching and smelling, and what the heck, maybe some sidewalk chalk. I always feel rejuvinated afterwards. And just as art is a process and takes time, so is the work that God is doing in me. I am his workmanship and masterpiece. God is continually shaping my heart to look like his. Bringing me into full holiness is a process and takes time. There are times in the process when I get weary, tired, impatient. But, God always renews me along the way to completing his masterpiece that he began in me.
Love this Tricia. Just love it. :)