New Meaning

I am at an interesting place of re-approaching people, events, and interests in my life. By re-approaching I mean seeing a few people dear to me I haven’t seen in a while. Re-thinking events of my past in a new light. And, looking at the activities of the day wondering, why am I doing all of this and where am I seeking to go with it all?

I am gonna be doing this through out my life, aren’t I?

I have been surprised by the thought that keeps coming to my mind. The thought is: Christ is enough.

I will use one example from life of how this thought keeps coming to me. This blog’s subtitle is “Dirty Hands. Dirty Mind.” The meaning behind such a title comes from my love for processing life and my love for reflecting that processing in my artwork. Well one day as I was processing how to bring my thoughts of “re-approaching” into some ceramic pieces. As I was “brain storming” I just stopped writing, sat down, and didn’t move for ten minutes. My thoughts went blank and then I realized, it is not yet time for me to create those works. In fact, I need a break from creating.

Some would call this “artist’s block” or a “brain fart,” I would like to call it divine intervention. What struck me  was that sometimes there are seasons in the studio where you just have to power through, keep making “bad” art until something comes to you. Then sometimes you need to step back and stop, let life or clay or a person or God “speak” into where the artwork should go next.

Much like life. I am in a place of stopping and watching. Life keeps moving, ideas keep coming but it is time to take that needle tool out of my hand and just be. As I re-approach all these things new meaning is forming. I don’t want to miss out on the “forming” of me lest I get hardened and crumble…just like clay.

I welcome new meaning.

Christ really is enough.

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