Sep 22, 2011

Externalizing ideas

"We say an artist "creates" a picture; he really externalizes an idea." Frances Lord.

What a lovely idea.  It brings being an artist a reachable concept for us all.  An artist is really anyone who is involved in a creative act.  Being a caregiver for someone with dementia can be a creative act.  Other creative acts could be:  what one fixes for dinner, the words one says to another, the way one decorates the home.  We don't have to limit our idea of artist as only those people who draw, paint, sing, write.  So, once again, we come back to the importance of our thoughts.  Are the thoughts you are entertaining the ones you would like to see externalized into your life?  If not, it is as simple as changing what one thinks. 

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