This entry was originally posted in July 2011. While re-reading it recently, I decided to “meander” a little more and added some additional and clarifying thoughts.
I’m, by a nature, an outdoors person. Whether I’m walking, running, kayaking, hiking, canoeing, or SITTING, I love communing with my mind, my God, and my heart within the sanctuary of nature. It is not so much an escape as it is a cleansing and filtering of the day; conscious and subconscious.
While walking the nature preserve next to my neighborhood, enjoying its vibrant and teeming ecosystem, my mind wandered to the subject of art, pleasure, and purpose. So, as I am prone to do…I meandered.
Please note, these thoughts address the arts from a Christian perspective. They are the opinions of an individual who serves his Christian community with and through artists and the arts.
Art, generally speaking, provides an emotional and/or reflective experience for an observer because it is typically birthed from a bed of emotion and/or thought within the creator. The work of creating an artistic expression…
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Wanderings & Meanderings 
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