We must offer ourselves to God like a clean, smooth canvas and not worry ourselves about what God may choose to paint on it, but at each moment, feel only the stroke of His brush.

Jean-Pierre de Caussade

Without the fruit of the Spirit called patience, the landscape never gets painted and the poem remains locked in unarticulated thoughts. Losing patience nips creativity in the bud, preventing it from unfolding. ~ Karla M. Kincannon, Creativity and Divine Surprise

Joyce Kilmer, John Paul II, and the artistic vocation

https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2018/06/15/joyce-kilmer-john-paul-ii-and-the-artistic-vocation/