Art has many forms, many varied expressions and we are true artists who inspire in others the art of right living.
There are many forms of art -- the most obvious being that of the painter, the sculptor or the musician. Well, there are all these forms and more too. There is the art of home-making, the art of cooking, the art of conversation or, I should say, of conversing, and the art of getting along with people in life. All have some talents and all can develop what they have into greater talent by perseverance and desire, both necessary in every endeavor.
One of the greatest of arts is that of bringing out hidden talent in another. Some, by thoughts of positive nature, can do this for themselves, but others need a greater impetus and get this in various ways or allow it to remain dormant where it is indeed wasted.
When parents do not allow their children creative expression in some form, they are cruelly crippling the child. Sometimes a child is told, “I’ll do that -- you go play,” and then the child, though he may truly want to go ahead with whatever his desire may have been, is frustrated and these mental frustrations often have later repercussions and quite often develop into an inferiority complex, or worse, resentment which is self-poisoning.
On the other hand, there are parents who selfishly devote all their time to their own interests, leaving the child to shift for himself. This is equally bad and the parent is to blame when the child feels unloved and insecure. The true artist is one who has the happy faculty of blending into the home life not only his own skills but of developing and bringing forth that of the children in his care.
Art has many forms, many varied expressions and we are true artists who inspire in others the art of right living.