Art

The last service in which we put chairs in a circle, Tyler & Helen started us off telling us about artists, writers, etc… Helen said that they would “fall in love with the characters that they’d create”. The theological implication seemed to be leading in the direction of God created us & loves us. However, I had something dawn on me that wasn’t all that theological (or if so, it’d be pushing it). My personal hesitance (& in one case a block) to take back up doing things in the Arts may come from the ol’ cliché “a fear of commitment”.
Whether a character is written, acted, drawn or what have you, I’m probably just not willing to invest the love & labor into the creation of one these days, the way I used to when I was so called productive.

“…you will no longer bow down to the work of your hands.”
-- Micah 5: 13

I wish I could play this off as something as holy as avoiding idol worship, but I know it’s just not the same thing. I hope that if I did, someone w/ the fruits of the spirit would call me on it. I say “someone w/ the fruits of the spirit” because I don’t like being called on something any more than the next guy. The way oil & vinegar don’t mix, producing something & me just slide right off of each other. God could very well be angry at me. I doubt it. But, you know…
Folks like to say when a man drags his feet getting married it’s because he has “a fear of commitment”. I’m starting to see, it can be true in other, seemingly unrelated areas of love as well.