there is an author/artist who inspires me so much. she said...
"art isn't meant to be pretty.
it is meant to evoke.
trust the mess.
trust yourself.
leave ripples."
i feel free when i read that. even just looking at art, experiencing it...that i don't want to look at art and think, "that is pretty." or even, "that is NOT pretty". does it stir something inside? does it evoke some feeling? does it bring up a good/bad memory?
just something i'm thinking about. remembering how much i love art. i lost that for awhile. it sounds so cliche, "art is everywhere". but it really is. i will not be ashamed for noticing it, and pointing it out to whoever is around me. and even creating my own art....trusting the mess that stirs inside of me...trusting myself and how i have been wired. and at the end of the day, i would love to look around and know that i left ripples.
4 comments:
Leave ripples. Just don't leave bubbles. Bubbles in water, while you're IN the water, mean something else entirely. But ripples, those are good.
Watching ripples slide across a pond or a lake reminds me that one touch can last for a very very long time, whether it was a good impact or a bad impact. Our ripples continue and live on.
Ripple.
That's a really good word to say. Like Cheeto. Ripple Cheeto. Cheeeto. Riiiiippplllee.....Ripple Cheeto. Pudding.
i love you. this is a good post. i think we should all be leaving ripples...they make life interesting.
please tell me next time you are in des moines!!! i want to see you! it would make me happy.
i'm going to sharon's wedding this weekend...but i'm usually around. love you sara fitz.
you have definitely rippled in my life... we had, what ten days, together and the rest of our friendship has been God's hand in our lives.
I am a better person and laugh-er because of the ripples you caused in my heart.
I love that picture by the way. That's how I feel sometimes. Like a billowing soft skirt. :D
hmmm... sounds familiar sabrina.
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