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Ross's avatar

I used to think of it as the muses.

These days I think of the Holy Spirit.

Either way, I am humbled and grateful for the inspiration.

To be inspired is to live, to create.

To expire is to die.

Renate van Nijen's avatar

I have a passion for this subject. I even wrote a book about it. How women shaped the evolution of art during the late 1800s and early 1900s. thanks for sharing this article.

Eugene Terekhin's avatar

Thanks, Renate. I am sure they did it through fire.

Steve Stewart's avatar

Thought-provoking words!

How tragic that we sometimes choose to limit ourselves to matter and reject transcendent realities:

To walk through Dachau and see only barbed wire and old wooden prison sheds, but refuse to sense others’ despair …

To enter a centuries old schoolhouse and not try to imagine the lives of its former students …

How sad that under-lived life would be. All those wasted moments.

“But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things?”

‭‭—Jesus Christ (John‬ ‭3‬:‭12‬ ‭NLT‬‬)

Eugene Terekhin's avatar

Oh yes, how indeed!

Barrie Braiden's avatar

Great article.