Inspiration Behind it All

[Art Project - IV]

I was up late last night. Harvesting vegetables.

As I put the carrots in the cooler, I thought, These are beautiful.

Art is not only the creation of a new thing . . . art is seeing the beauty all around.

I bagged some edible flowers (nasturtiums, if you’re wondering), each one delicate and aromatic. I literally stopped, pulled one back out of the bag, and examined the petal’s variegation. Stunning, I thought.

Art is about noticing . . . and beholding.

Being an artist, a creative, a producer of beautiful things, is not always about making more stuff. Sometimes it’s noticing the art that is embedded in your everyday encounters that otherwise goes unnoticed.

Some days changing the world simply means noticing, beholding, and celebrating the Inspiration behind it all.