He Did Not Get It
“The ‘sketches’ were not that great and not at all inspiring,” David Terry said in his Amazon review of my book – Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way To Savor Your Life.
He didn’t get it. The sketches indeed are not great art – that’s the point. This spiritual practice can be done by anyone, not just trained artists.
When you sketch, even sketching with little skill, you can deeply enjoy the Sacred Present Moment. And the Present Moment can fill your heart with peace and joy. Look to your inner process and your deep personal experience and not to your drawing.
Having said that, I like my drawings. That’s enough. David doesn’t; that’s OK. He doesn’t have to look at my refrigerator or my walls. He gets to enjoy the art that feeds his soul.
But get this: recently I was reviewing sketches I did on a trip to France with Suzanne and my parents 25 years ago. Those ‘not great’ unfinished sketches drop me back into a place and time where magic was happening. I feel the deep connection with those places.
Your life can be viewed as a string of moments. Drawing enhances the sheen of these moments and deepens your connection to the moment by bringing you fully into the moment.
I hope that you and David try some sketches, add a poem, and see how that makes your string of moments shine.
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Walk in beauty,
William
