Quenching the Thirst

It's always good coming back to my blog, like coming home. 

I've seen books and posts speak of the "blog Do's and Dont's"

I say 'yeah whatever'...just one more place society is trying to instill their need to 

add rules, laws, squelch someone's voice

And end up with a bunch of blogs that all look and sound alike.

Quiet rebellion; it should be written on my tombstone when I die...'xcept I'll be cremated.

But here, my virtual home, is where I connect to self and blab

And always surprised (in a smiley comforting way) when you comment ~ Thanks

I wanted to share something I discovered yesterday while on an artist date

Artist date is what Julie Cameron suggests in the Artist's Way

One day a week where you take time to spend alone 

doing something that nurtures the inner artist

I went to the National Museum of Mexican Art for the Day of the Dead exhibit

My senses were overwhelmed with passion and color

I reconnected to a part of my culture that had been begging to be released

I spoke with the artist from Mexico making the sugar skulls

I only looked at the art pieces that called to me

I visited these pieces not with a longing of "if only I..."

It was more of a celebration for what the artist achieved

 

 I stopped at a small chapel I remembered from when I was a kid

One whose memory is imprinted in my brain cells

A memory of grotto style walls, running water cascading down the stones

Rustic pews, candle lit interior, wet terracotta smells dancing with candle wax

But when I walked in what I found was something cold and sterile

It had been modernized, repaired, made new

And it lost its soul

I learned a valuable lesson at this artist's date

I learned that every object has a story it wants told

And that an artist is the means to giving that story a voice

In whatever medium it chooses
It's about getting out of the way and allowing it to come forth

whether it be in written word, painting, drawing the stick figures
(gardening, cooking, carving, riding)

whatever it is, it is what makes the difference between passion and just existing

it's not only about talent or supplies or whatever

it's about quieting down just enough to listen

to pay attention to what something inspires in you

and giving it a voice

because in doing so you just may inspire another to wake up

to the world, the seen and unseen, around them

before it's too late

~ ~

If I sound nuts, yep sure am

 Those words next to the cross say Tengo Sed which is I am Thirsty

I'll get cheesy here and say

yep, I'm thirsty for more on this Quest of mine

keep it coming