A Great Good Truth

A Great Good Truth

I am an artist.

I always thought my uniqueness as a person

was specifically,

my ability to

Create.

A versatile artist can embrace every color - like embracing every

aspect of life:

the red days

the teal days

the sunny click-my-heels days

the dark black dog days

the green and leafy-moss days

the pink-kissing-sweet days,

…the artist does something special.

To a degree,

this thought is true,

the artist makes order from chaos.

They reach bravely into the void

and pull something back with them,

into this world,

create something

tangible for everyone

to see

to touch

to feel

and enjoy.

To make a new color.

This is what it means to Create.

Like trying to imagine a primary color you have never seen before.

Something ethereal, impossible,

New.

Perhaps born of former shades and hues,

other sultry or sentimental views.

Inspired by everything,

but utterly New.

Creative.

How unique to the visual artist – to me – I thought this magic was.

But then I thought better

and I recognised a great, good truth:

the essential desire to Create

is in everyone.

To bring into existence

that which was not there

before you came.

A tiny little part

of a Very Big Bang

deep inside every Being

the desire to create.

A spark that is shared.

The artist sketching

The engineer solving

The scientist testing

The gardener tending

The renovator mending

The happy couple expecting

The leader directing

The designer perfecting

The extrovert always connecting

The athlete reaching

The student aiming

The patient teacher explaining

The poet dreaming

The inventor supposing

The wild musician composing --

All creating.

Imagining new colors.

This ability to create

simultaneously makes me unique and

also connects me to everyone.

Creation - the uniqueness we

share.