Take a Breath, Artist

Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Good morning, The Wonderfell Way.

A new day. Welcome back. O/

Hope you slept well, hope all's well.

On with the show...

Quiet practicality. A simple sensible life.

Ever want one of those?

Artists, musicians and weavers of words, to create anything at all requires metaphorical fire, a spark of the spirit is necessary to make anything new.

This means enthusiasm.

But an enthusiastic spirit doesn't have to be wild. There's a holiday candle in a glass jar set to safely burn the whole day. There's a wildfire on the coast.

The creative spirit works the same way.

The vessel that contains the fire of creation is you.

Will you warm a room with a portrait painted on the wall, or start a wildfire with a politically antagonistic punk rock band?

Sensationalism has its place. It helps inspire us to move, but does little to warm the heart.

I'm more a warm the heart to inspire you to move kind of artist.

A furnace with a thermostat versus a sensational burn the house down inferno stage show.

It helps to know your audience. How to best express your inspiration is found there.

A successful story told to an eight year old makes different sentences to be successful told to an eighty-eight year old.

Same with the notes of music, the brushstrokes of painting.

The Sun's up now, Autumn's rustic gold; it burns or warms.

Temperance in fire and spirit determines the quality of creation.

Take a breath, Artist. Be careful how you spend your fire, but make certain you do. Hold a torch too long and you become the torch.

Find ways to create that fascinate and inspire you.

Work that craft until it becomes as simple as sending a text message to a friend.

Then, send your friend your loving inspiration.

Everyday.

Take care, spend your fire, share your spirit, and make wonderful this wonderful day.