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| original watercolor by Kate Kroska |
“Learn to free yourself from
all things that have molded you
And which
limit your secret and undiscovered road…”
(from an African Guide Poem)
After
setting an intention to express creatively, you must act; you must take steps
to carry out your idea. Often,
that is when the parameters, the hidden restrictions begin to show themselves.
THE KNOTS PRAYER
Dear God:
Please untie the knots
that are in my mind,
my heart, and my life.
Remove the have nots,
the can nots and the do nots
that I have in my mind.
Erase the will nots, may nots
might nots that may find
a home in my heart.
Release me from the could nots,
would nots and should nots
that obstruct my life.
And most of all, Dear God,
I ask that you remove from my mind,
my heart, and my life all the am nots
that I have allowed to hold me back,
especially the thought
that I am not good enough.
Amen.
-- Anonymous poet from South
Africa
Kate's Turn:
The first
painting I sold was exhibited for a fundraiser to protect Taino sacred land
from resort development. I had
painted with a group of artists only 2 months, and was encouraged by them to
enter an artistic expression of this land. In my painting, the steep-to mountains next to the sea
held images of faces; a second look at the clouds revealed faces. My own self critic was SO active to
remove the faces and just paint the topography, like every other rendition of
this landscape. But my conviction
about the sacredness, the spirit of this area won over my fear to present
something so different from other artists. And this feature of finding something hidden when you look
more closely at my paintings has continued in more of my works…my own secret
road discovered!
Get Fired Up:
What “nots” do you need to free
yourself from?
How then will you act?
thanks.
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