Daily Nourishment for December 7, 2024: Praise to the Light That Is Not Yet
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 40 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 15 minutes
“Why must I learn the same lessons over and over again?” - Christian Wiman
Pause.
Do a few rounds of Box Breathing: Inhale for a count of four, hold for a count or four, exhale for a count of four, hold for a count of four while looking at the art below.
The Gare St-Lazare
Claude Monet, 1877
Prompt.
“Why must I learn the same lessons over and over again? That both life and art atrophy if they are not communing with each other. That it means nothing to make a space for the miraculous in one’s work if one can’t recognize some true intrusion in one’s life.” - Christian Wiman, Zero at the Bone
Practice.
Take notes or journal in response to the quote above and the questions below:
—Which miracles have you noticed in your art and others’ art, in your life, and others’ lives?
—Which lessons do you keep having to learn again and again?
—How can you tell when your art and life aren’t communing with each other? What does that atrophy look like for you?
Make It Advent:
How is Advent an intrusion in your art and life each year?
Want More?
Read “from One Time” by Christian Wiman
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