"Deep and mature friendship does not mean that we keep looking each other in the eyes and are constantly impressed or enraptured by each other's beauty, talents, and gifts, but it means that together we look at him who calls us to his service." ~ Henri Nouwen

When many think of an artistic calling, they imagine one struggling, tormented in soul, crying to be heard, living a bohemian life, consumed by his craft. This is not the picture of a Christian artist. Our craft is handiwork, an offering of worship to the God whose image we bear. We create because He first created and as Imago Dei, we bear His creative mark within us. ~ Craig Pitman

In our modern, scientific world, we often reject imagination as the opposite of rational thought and reasoning. Such is not the case. A creative imagination well regulated by reason and rational thought, is a critical element of the life of faith. As such, our imaginations provide one of the primary ways by which we encounter God. ~ Alive Now, July/August 2009 (Upper Room Ministries)

When we discount the imagination, we cut ourselves off from the riches that can fuel our creativity. We limit the ways we can view the world and our own experience. There is much more to life than can be contained in rational philosophy. ~ Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

This song always warms my heart and makes me smile.

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Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. ~ John Ruskin