How to Be an Artist

I have become fascinated with pictures of paths since I got my new camera phone. I suppose the winding road, the journey, the trail bending upward is one of the most vivid metaphors for understanding my spiritual life. Here's one I took on a recent trip with Sandy to the Japanese Gardens in Cheekwood near Nashville.

Some of the other sacred metaphors that have become powerful for me as I explore and seek to understand my spiritual life have been the tree planted by streams of water, the dancer within me, healing and cleansing light, soaring like a young eagle under a mother's wings, floating on streams of living water, and being shaped and molded like clay.

Here's a new metaphor that came across my path - artistry. I share the quote with you.

How to be an artist: Stay loose. Learn to watch snails. Plant impossible gardens. Make little signs that say "yes" and post them all over your house. Make friends with uncertainty.

Henry Miller

Originally at Musings of a Musical Preacher Read the original ↗