It’s the fellowship of the Brotherhood and Sisterhood. You need a well-regulated, simple life so that you might become both servant and student.Īnd there’s another thing. If our universe is indeed a creation, (an idea that competes with the idea that our universe is an idea) then perhaps we need to be on that wavelength. To be in touch with creativity on a daily, even hourly, basis may just happen to edge yourself closer to divinity. Product that honours our land, our people, our earth. In the humble studio one hears the constant plop, plop, plop of product. Perhaps the studio is even greater than the nunnery or the monastery. Art reaffirms life and is in harmony with many universal principles. Similar to the nuns who tend the fields, or the monks who labour in the hothouses, there’s satisfaction in growth, change, green shoots, raking up old leaves. It’s all about the renewal and rebirth of life through creativity. As Picasso said, “I like to live like a poor man with lots of money.” It’s productive - the monastic life gets results. Several days can pass without moving the car. I work each day until tired, read a bit, sleep well, and do it again the next day. Dinner is at home with friends or family. I rise early, paint before breakfast, correspond, paint, break briefly for a simple lunch, perhaps a brisk walk in the forest, maybe a snooze, then back to the studio. I was once offered a job as a missionary, but I didn’t like the position.īut as for the painter, I like a monastic life. I’ve also known a few nuns, but not intimately. I’ve never stayed in a monastery, but I’ve visited some, both East and West, and I’ve certainly bumped into a few monks.
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