Sometimes the canvas just isn't big enough!

Perhaps the canvas is not big enough, the page isn't long enough, the photo frame does not encompass what your heart holds. Whenever your heart opens up to embrace the view, it is often overwhelming.....how do you capture it, how do you do it justice, where do you start.....and that is the point of do or die! Those are the moments where the rubber meets the road and either you begin, or procrastinate, make excuses because things are not perfect or just start, feel inadequate or give it all you have. Starting and showing up with your creative soul is the biggest step. When the canvas isn't big enough to hold the joy in your heart......just begin with part of the view, a fragment of your vision, a piece of the puzzle. I have often experienced the wonder of the scenic route at the edge of the Grand Canyon, or watching the ocean storm against the rocks....and most of all watching Gracie tenderly handle a new baby chick. Sometimes it is hard to breathe it is so awesomely beautiful and wondrously made. As artists, we try to capture it....make a mess.....learn some more.....make another attempt and still the canvas cannot hold your soul's joy. Although we will never be able to see the entire picture, the lightness of seeing and the joy of being a part of it all as a passionate observer, is the journey that graces. The eye tends to see what the mind already understands.....so as an artist we stretch our canvas, not wanting to miss the miracles that are too big for our understanding. Just keep painting....just keep painting! The creative life is about stretching that canvas to meet our joy!