Bodying Forth His Beauty

To say I will not draw
because Michelangelo lives 
next door and is forever 

showing me his drawings.

To say, I will not paint as
Monet is in his garden
(again!) and mixing colors 
for his next great work.

To say I will not design 
a stitch because Edith Head
lives down the street
and is forever flaunting
her work in my face.

To say, I will not write
because So-and-so's 
has said just the same thing,

their nuances and phrasing
putting me to shame, and 

besides....look at those

books with her name on the

spine.

To say all this defies the 

God-breathed seed inside, 

the only you who can 
write what you see. No
other eyes, no other voice

pouring out on the page or

with a pen, but simply
a facet of Him whose voice
began it all. Creation reflected

in his co-creators, images

bodying forth His beauty.
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photo: Schlatter Chapel Window, Warner Pacific University, Portland. JLCollins