Power
There was a power outage in LA today for a little while in the afternoon. It reminded me of how much my world revolves around electricity. It’s one of those invisible resources that I enjoy in my lifestyle. It’s not that I take what I have for granted, it’s just that it’s very noticeable how much I do on computers when I can’t use one.
It made me appreciate what I have even more. My life is comfortable because of refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, and all the conveniences that I enjoy living in the US, or at least in this part of the US. With the Gulf coast in disarray, I’m humbled before God, nature, and forces that I have no control over.
What I can do is use an invisible power to influence what goes on in my life and those who are connected to me. The power is called thoughts, prayer, faith, intention, mantras affirmations, beliefs, and visualizations in English. I’m sure there are a lot of other names in different languages. I’m just limited in my vocabulary in other languages.
It usually starts with a decision that sets up an intention that begins a series of actions that brings in new circumstances. That’s where the fun begins. Then I get to make new choices. The process requires me to be open to a possibility that a change can happen and then I need to allow the change to happen.
It’s a form of art to create change. That’s probably why I like it so much, being an artist. When I used to paint, adding a new color or drawing a line changed the dynamic of what the picture looked like, and then it seemed to take on a life of its own. I had to keep filling in what was appearing in the picture.
The personality of each piece was fascinating to me. It was like the piece had a voice that was talking to me, guiding me in its creation. When Michelangelo wrote about working with Carrara marble, the stone which he used to carve his famous sculpture, “David”, he said, “The finest artist can’t conceive a thought that the marble itself does not bind within its shell, waiting to be brought out by the hand that serves the artist’s mind.” [Quote from “Michelangelo’s Mountain”: Marveling at Michelangelo’s Marble by Eric Scigliano. Free Press]
Maybe that’s how things work here with us. We direct God in how we are to be created by the voice we use inside of ourselves. We talk to our creator so that we may be brought out from our shell by the hand that serves His mind. So in wanting to be a sculpture of magnificence, what thoughts do I need to bind within myself so that my vision of myself can be created? What thoughts do you bind in you?
Blessings!
Laura
LauraCohnMusic.com
http://LauraCohnMusic.com
Where Music Meets Artistry
It made me appreciate what I have even more. My life is comfortable because of refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, and all the conveniences that I enjoy living in the US, or at least in this part of the US. With the Gulf coast in disarray, I’m humbled before God, nature, and forces that I have no control over.
What I can do is use an invisible power to influence what goes on in my life and those who are connected to me. The power is called thoughts, prayer, faith, intention, mantras affirmations, beliefs, and visualizations in English. I’m sure there are a lot of other names in different languages. I’m just limited in my vocabulary in other languages.
It usually starts with a decision that sets up an intention that begins a series of actions that brings in new circumstances. That’s where the fun begins. Then I get to make new choices. The process requires me to be open to a possibility that a change can happen and then I need to allow the change to happen.
It’s a form of art to create change. That’s probably why I like it so much, being an artist. When I used to paint, adding a new color or drawing a line changed the dynamic of what the picture looked like, and then it seemed to take on a life of its own. I had to keep filling in what was appearing in the picture.
The personality of each piece was fascinating to me. It was like the piece had a voice that was talking to me, guiding me in its creation. When Michelangelo wrote about working with Carrara marble, the stone which he used to carve his famous sculpture, “David”, he said, “The finest artist can’t conceive a thought that the marble itself does not bind within its shell, waiting to be brought out by the hand that serves the artist’s mind.” [Quote from “Michelangelo’s Mountain”: Marveling at Michelangelo’s Marble by Eric Scigliano. Free Press]
Maybe that’s how things work here with us. We direct God in how we are to be created by the voice we use inside of ourselves. We talk to our creator so that we may be brought out from our shell by the hand that serves His mind. So in wanting to be a sculpture of magnificence, what thoughts do I need to bind within myself so that my vision of myself can be created? What thoughts do you bind in you?
Blessings!
Laura
LauraCohnMusic.com
http://LauraCohnMusic.com
Where Music Meets Artistry
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