Seeing Reality Again...(for the first time)
God takes pleasure in his creations.
Sometimes we, yes. even us so-called Christians, wallowing in a world of cynicism, tend to forget that what God created was, and ultimately IS, good. In fact, He sat back after a long hard week of work, and for the only time in history, rested and grinned. "It is good."
"It is good."
As an artist, sometimes I tend to use that phrase (is that okay God? Just checking), after a long, hard week of work on a painting or drawing. It's those times, late at night, when after a brain-frying day of trying to get something to work, trying to get the right composition on a painting or the right idea for a world, it hits you, something clicks. Then you lean back, grin, and say, "It is good."
It's about seeing.
But a lot of us don't actually SEE anything. Not really. Everything is taken as granted with a hint, or more than a hint, of cynicism. Fantasy draws us in because we're bored. Why? We're not really seeing. We've been given creativity, there's no doubt about that. And I'm not arguing against fantasy, I encourage it. But my point of this is not really about delving into fantasy, but about really seeing this creative fantasy world we live in and lifting that veil of cynicism so one can appreciate, no...be in AWE of the Epic we live in, the grand adventure that is around every corner if you can really SEE.
It's about really, honestly seeing.
Now, that might seem a bit much for some of you, or to those cynics, it might seem to incredibly, unabashedly too...happy. To that, I would say...Why not? Albeit, this isn't about that though.
As an artist, I have to see things in a different perspective. I don't see things as most people do. I don't honestly, truely see something until I've drawn it. That might sound extreme, but it's the truth. And that's what gives me a hope to cure boredom and cynicism should it arise, the fact that, honestly, I have really only seen a FRACTION, less than 0.001% of this world. I mean, REALLY SEEING.
That excites me. That gives me hope. "It is good." Yes, it is. Don't you think the One who said that wants us to see?
Life's a circle, open your eyes.
SEEING IS BELIEVING.
-TheFable
Sometimes we, yes. even us so-called Christians, wallowing in a world of cynicism, tend to forget that what God created was, and ultimately IS, good. In fact, He sat back after a long hard week of work, and for the only time in history, rested and grinned. "It is good."
"It is good."
As an artist, sometimes I tend to use that phrase (is that okay God? Just checking), after a long, hard week of work on a painting or drawing. It's those times, late at night, when after a brain-frying day of trying to get something to work, trying to get the right composition on a painting or the right idea for a world, it hits you, something clicks. Then you lean back, grin, and say, "It is good."
It's about seeing.
But a lot of us don't actually SEE anything. Not really. Everything is taken as granted with a hint, or more than a hint, of cynicism. Fantasy draws us in because we're bored. Why? We're not really seeing. We've been given creativity, there's no doubt about that. And I'm not arguing against fantasy, I encourage it. But my point of this is not really about delving into fantasy, but about really seeing this creative fantasy world we live in and lifting that veil of cynicism so one can appreciate, no...be in AWE of the Epic we live in, the grand adventure that is around every corner if you can really SEE.
It's about really, honestly seeing.
Now, that might seem a bit much for some of you, or to those cynics, it might seem to incredibly, unabashedly too...happy. To that, I would say...Why not? Albeit, this isn't about that though.
As an artist, I have to see things in a different perspective. I don't see things as most people do. I don't honestly, truely see something until I've drawn it. That might sound extreme, but it's the truth. And that's what gives me a hope to cure boredom and cynicism should it arise, the fact that, honestly, I have really only seen a FRACTION, less than 0.001% of this world. I mean, REALLY SEEING.
That excites me. That gives me hope. "It is good." Yes, it is. Don't you think the One who said that wants us to see?
Life's a circle, open your eyes.
SEEING IS BELIEVING.
-TheFable
posted by Nick at 6:00 PM
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