Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too little solitude can impact faith. For that matter, so can a bout of hunger or overwork, anything carried to an extreme. Faith thrives on routine. Look at any monastery and you will see that. Faith keeps on keeping on.

It is my experience both as an artist and as a teacher that when we move out on faith into the act of creation, the universe is able to advance. It is a little like opening the gate at the top of a field irrigation system. Once we remove the blocks, the flow moves in.

I am breathing in and out. Realizing this, I began to notice that each moment was not without its beauty.

When we stop playing God, God can play through us.

By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one.

For today, all you need is the grace to begin beginning.

The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all.