On Slowing to Find the Void
I needed this this week. I have been pushing like mad to complete a few computer projects and, surprise, no artwork was made. I most strenuously object to the serious term “artwork.” When you push, it does seem like work instead of the Divine play it is. So I am emptying out again, slowing down to find and embrace the void so that my creative voice can ring out again. It is but the faintest echo of the voice of the Divine Artist, but it is my succor, my peace & my purpose.
Form in Void
The tree is stripped,
All color, fragrance gone,
Yet already on the bough,
Uncaring spring!
- Ikkyu Sojun (1394 – 1481)
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One Response “On Slowing to Find the Void”
Thanks for reading my blog.
Enjoy your art, work or not. Funny I like to call it my work because then I give it the reverance it deserves a place at my very full table. Different strokes for different folks, can’t wait to see what your beautiful brain comes up with next.