reclaim

Canvas: The Context of Art

The hard work of being human and reclaiming our humanity          

• Check canvas:      
  • How are your relationships?      
  • How does your inner world look?      
  • How does your outer world look?          
• Check dimensions:      
  • Are you known by love?      
  • Are you a voice of hope?      
  • Are you living by faith?         
• Check material:      
  • Take a positive attitude toward life.      
  • Have sincere motives toward others.      
  • Have the courage to risk and fail.      
  • Embrace the future as an adventure.      
  • Celebrate mystery.     
  •  Remember that people matter most.      
  • Make life an act of worship.          
• Embrace limits:      
  • Eliminate everything that makes you less than the best reflection of your humanity.     
  • Entrust yourself to God, to work with limited material to create a timeless work of art out of your life. 
• Keep your integrity bounded and your imagination boundless.      
• Live a principled life so that you may be most free to create a beautiful life. 

SOURCE: The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art by Erwin McManus