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The online journal of a passionate artist, writer and educator.
July 3, 2008
Art and the Rest of Life
The cycles of life swirl on, carrying us with them. We've moved my mother-in-law into our home in this move to Bellingham. So, in addition to relocating our home and business, we've sorted, cleaned, boxed and hauled nearly 87 years of her history.
For anyone who has been through this, I better understand your pain. I now know what it feels like to watch a mind go in someone you love, to have to parcel out belongings of another person, to sort and clean the remnants of a home... and to sit on the floor and cry surrounded by antiques and garbage as you realize how deteriorated the situation had become.
It has suddenly become important to sit with her and listen to her memories of by-gone years, to look at old photographs of family and jot down their names and relationships, to dismiss, for a time, the daily chores that beckon from other rooms.
Beauty, created by Bobbie in years gone by, fills her room-- from her amazing photographs to her lovely crochet. And the beauty of her aged face declares the glorious creativity of our Maker.
Creativity is our heritage, as much a part of us as our skin or the hair on our heads. My current circumstances remind me of the importance of leaving behind a piece of that creativity, a declaration of my humanity and a tribute to my Creator. May I always endeavor to make this world a better and more beautiful place.
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