Put Your Own Art Up on the Walls

Creation is a gift. It’s a sacrament, a returning to the world.

Creation is a dance between the maker and the made. There is an I who makes, who gives birth. And there is another I who reflects on what she makes.

Last year, I made a painting that captures this dance. Swirls of grey matter evoke a skeleton, an X-ray, and the inside of a nearby galaxy. In its abstraction, it embodies the mystery and complexity of the creative process.

In the end, what matters?

What matters is having created it. But I agree with Seth Godin that what makes it art is that it’s shared.