Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.

                                                                                                     1 Peter 4:10

I can safely say that God has given me a wonderful gift. For the better part of my life, I have identified myself as being an artist and I am very proud of it. But, what if I stopped drawing tomorrow, or couldn’t draw for whatever reason. Am I no longer an artist? If not, then is my life over? Who am I at that point? I bring this up for one reason, and that is to say, I am not defined by my gifts, but what I do with them. And I don’t believe God gives us only one gift and that’s it. I think we have many gifts and we (God and the royal “we”) choose which we develop at different points in our lives. The important thing to remember is listen to what you’re saying to yourself and feeling and act on it. The best day I have ever had was when I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing. Today, it is drawing, tomorrow it will be Interpretive Jazz Tap Dancing.

…kidding…either way, chances are, it will have a profound impact on my life and hopefully, the people I touch. Just like the people who actually do Interpretive Jazz Tap Dancing or raising miniature ponies.

I was at a video production this evening (acting as a prop master – actual title) for a commercial. The leading actor is an Account Executive with an ad agency based here in Atlanta. She decided to start acting professionally fairly recently and it turns out, she is really good at it. You can tell she loves doing it just by the level of creative energy she brought to the project.

Anyhoo, the sketch…These characters represent attitudes. Can you guess which one goes with which character? They are, Myopic, Narrow-Minded, Paralyzed (fear), and Will-Power. This is for the swamp project I am currently working on. What a blessing this project has been