The Cost of the Artist

So you say you are an artist.

You CREATE.  Or was that REcreate?

There is nothing new under the sun.

True.

But still…

 

Is your art costing you ANYTHING at all?

 

Imagine with me for a moment at the dawn of time. Either you will believe this or you won't but at least follow my logic for a moment.

 

God.

Created.

 

Do you think that a being who is known as almighty, all-knowing, and present everywhere did not understand the cost of this creating?

 

Do you think he had no foreknowledge of the amount of pain and suffering that he HIMSELF would endure because of the story that would unfold?

 

God created the heavens and the earth, afterwards he looked out and called this creation good. He looked out at his creation and saw it not simply for what it was, but for what it was going to become.

 

Fallen.

Broken.

Void of goodness.

 

Yet he looked out and called it GOOD.

 

God cannot lie. It is outside of his nature.

When he calls something good, he means it.

 

Now back to you, the artist.

 

When was the last time your art cost you deeply?

 

When was the last time you stuck your neck out to CREATE? Not just another knockoff that others might enjoy, but something deeply transparent, something insanely different, something far from selling out?

 

I ask again, how much does your art cost you?

 

Are you willing to create something so magnificent that it may cause you pain?

Are you willing to pay the ultimate price as an artist? 

Or are you simply looking for the fame and glory?

 

If I were to look at companionship for a moment, and say that I was a gold digger looking to get married you would scoff. Because that is selfish. Marriage is not about what you can get out of a mate, but more so what you can give.

 

So it is with the creative soul. I can tell by your paintings, your stories, your poetry and your designs, when they cost you something deeply.

 

I can also tell when they don't.

 

How much are you willing to offer?

 

I ask again how much is your passion actually costing you?