When you've seen one bird, you haven't seen them all.

"Use the talents you possess -- 

for the woods would be a very silent place 

if no birds sang except for the best." 

 -- Henry Van Dyke

Sometimes when I look at the ENORMOUS amount of art available to view and/or purchase online, I feel a bit overwhelmed.  There are so many extraordinary things, so many profound ideas already executed, so many songs sung (and so beautifully!), that I can't help but wonder why I bother to create my humble artistic offerings at all.  

That's when I find I need to step away from the computer and put my hands to work.  Ideas seem to flow best when I'm busily engaged making my own music, no matter how out of tune.  We all have a song, and a voice to sing it with, if we'll open up and let it escape.  And our song is distinctively our own, an intricate harmony completely unique and flavored with the notes of our own experience and insight.

So find yourself a branch on which to sit, look around for a moment and then sing the song of what you see -- a celebration of the beauties of the outside world, shared through the lens of your inside world.  

The chorus can only be made fuller and more glorious 

with the addition of every voice, no matter how small.

 

Susan M. Hinckley

Small Works in Wool