I have painted a number of art pieces and messed some of them with a wrong shade or tint and smudged others with a wrong brush size or palette. For someone who loves a clean and finished masterpiece, a low mood can easily kick in, but with the idea “any mistake in art is a design”, I chuckle at the mess; then follows episodes of improvisation and substitution of new shades and tints to create something not so far from the piece I intended to come up with, but also not so close to the masterpiece.The lovers of art who may not care about comparison of the final piece to the masterpiece, can fall head over heels with it, whereas I remain unsatisfied with my final work; for reasons only known to the creator(me).
Painting is such a long process but starting afresh is incomparable;from a plain canvas to a finished art piece! Stages range from stretching a plain fabric on a wooden frame with staples or nails, to applying undercoat, sketching,basic colors,shaping colours,defining colours, final colours and touches just to mention but a few. With all this hard work, “the end justifies the means” does not make a lot of sense in my ears because I ought to celebrate every tiny step and stage accomplished in the journey of creating the finest masterpiece whereas the statement undermines the process.
You are a work in progress but as far as God is concerned, you are a finished product. You are His perfect work of art! The devil may try to whisper or show you smudges on your painting, “you are not good enough, your skin needs more tint, you are not so intelligent, that’s a dark shade!” Refuse to participate! Don’t allow it to paint on your canvas. Guard your canvas jealously by cleansing yourself with the word of God. (Any mistake in art is a design) that is you rejoicing in the Lord because Victory is in your praise!
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