The role of an artist is to simply show up. It's a tremendous act of courage - facing a void that holds our own reflection. We begin life with the creative urge to face the world in the manner of an artist. Small acts of creativity that bend reality to the slant of our existence. We made the world to order. Our Being is to create.Yet unless nourished - the spirit of an artist is lost to harsh fictions inherited from those too who have lost their way from the creative source. An artistic soul in a busy world that no longer bends to their imagination. We're all artist and we're all lost or on the edge of losing the memory of who really are. A practicing artist knows the importance of simply showing up with the will to face the day and allow themselves to be the true expression of beauty. Emptiness is scary only in the thought that we have nothing to give. Once we know and remember who we are - the void is nothing more than a promise to be filled. Emptiness gazing at itself is our potential. Reality again bends to our desires. We create the world anew.
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We are runners. Artists. Every step will create the miles of a new reality. The first step is to simply show up - ready to run.
Peace,
Eric
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