It Is Not A Waste

All Art Involves Conscious Discipline. If One Is Going To Paint, Do Sculpture, Design A Building Or Write A Book, It Will Involve Discipline In Time And Energy — Or There Would Never Be Any Production At All To Be Seen, Felt Or Enjoyed By Ourselves Or Others. To Develop ‘hidden Art’ Will Also, Of Course, Take Time And Energy – And The Balance Of The Use Of Time Is A Constant Individual Problem For All Of Us: What To Do, And What To Leave Undone. One Is Always Having To Neglect One Thing In Order To Give Precedence To Something Else. The Question Is One Of Priorities

People Throw Away What They Could Have By Insisting On Perfection, Which They Cannot Have, And Looking For It Where They Will Never Find It

If You Have Been Afraid That Your Love Of Beautiful Flowers And The Flickering Flame Of The Candle Is Somehow Less Spiritual Than Living In Starkness And Ugliness, Remember That He Who Created You To Be Creative Gave You The Things With Which To Make Beauty And The Sensitivity To Appreciate And Respond To His Creation.

Everyone Who Has Any Talent At All In Sketching, Painting, Sculpturing Or Carving, Should Have The Opportunity To Use That Talent. The Expression Is Important For The Person, And Can Tremendously Enrich The Lives Of Other People. What Can You Do?

It Is True That All Men Are Created In The Image Of God, But Christians Are Supposed To Be Conscious Of That Fact, And Being Conscious Of It Should Recognize The Importance Of Living Artistically, Aesthetically, And Creatively, As Creative Creatures Of The Creator. If We Have Been Created In The Image Of An Artist, Then We Should Look For Expressions Of Artistry, And Be Sensitive To Beauty, Responsive To What Has Been Created For Us