Isaiah was moved by the...
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Isaiah was moved by the power of a vision, a dream. It stood him on his feet and got him going. In all our going, a sense of direction is important, yes, critical. British painter and art critic Roger Fry reported on a conversation he once had with a little girl. He asked her how she set about drawing a picture. Her reply: "First I have a think, and then I put a line around it." First I have a think! What a wonderful way to begin!
Grandma Moses, that quaint and remarkable little lady who became -- late in life -- the grand matron of American art, was once asked how she went about the painting of a landscape. Her answer: First I paint the sky, and then I put everything else in it." First the sky! What a wonderful place to start!
A "think" to guide the formation of a line, or a sky to provide coherence for everything in it -- these are starting visions that lead to a finished art. May God grant us the perceptivity to dream high dreams, and the courage to follow where they lead.
Grandma Moses, that quaint and remarkable little lady who became -- late in life -- the grand matron of American art, was once asked how she went about the painting of a landscape. Her answer: First I paint the sky, and then I put everything else in it." First the sky! What a wonderful place to start!
A "think" to guide the formation of a line, or a sky to provide coherence for everything in it -- these are starting visions that lead to a finished art. May God grant us the perceptivity to dream high dreams, and the courage to follow where they lead.
