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| John Ruskin Painted by John Everett Millais 1853-54 |
"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get by it, but what they become by it."
English Author / Art Critic
1819 - 1900
The pursuit of the arts is not about what we get but what we become. While we realize that we create the paintings and the poems, what we don't realize is that the act of the creation has an impact on whom we become. Painting changes the artist and writing changes the writer. The art of creation allows us to workout our demons and our angels. Some writers give too much to their writing and are destroyed by what they create. Others find themselves in their writing and become better people. Which are you? Has your creative work made you a better person or has the creative process destroyed the humanity within your spirit? Are you better today than you were a year ago? Ten years ago? How will you be different tomorrow?
