IF your life were a painting, what would it look like?
Sit back, close your eyes and imagine your life on a canvas. What colors are most dominant? Tell me about the figures you see, the shapes and lines that are forming. Is it abstract? Is it defined by still life? Is it set in a meadow with red poppies? Tell me what you see.
“LIFE is a great big canvas and you should throw all the paint on it you can.”
– Danny Kaye
We may not all be great painters like Van Gogh, but each one of us does hold a paintbrush and a palette. Inspired and moved by everyday experiences, we create a beautiful work of art with our own strokes and colors. Each day we live has elements that we add to the ultimate masterpiece – our own lives.
What did you see when you closed your eyes? If putting a painting in your mind might prove difficult, let’s seek help from the great artists. Perhaps you are yearning for stability amidst the overwhelming fluidity of life, much like Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” Or perhaps you’re serene and content like Claude Monet’s “The Artist’s Garden.” What if you’re graceful and learning like Edgar Degas’ “Danseuse”? Or maybe there is a dynamism only you understand about your life, that others may or may not see like Pollock’s “No. 1, Lavender Mist.” Or what if you’re feeling like you’re in the autumn of your life, but known deep inside there is still something within you that is still blooming, similar to Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Dark and Lavender Leaf”. Which one is most like your life?
Now that you’ve visualized your life on a canvas, do you like what you see?
If you do, pat yourself on the back and celebrate that happiness. And do remember that you still continue to paint for as long as you’re breathing, so take care of that masterpiece you are creating.
If you don’t like what is on your canvas, no worries. You have a palette of unlimited colors and you are in control of what colors and strokes to use. Maybe you’d like to spice it up with amber and red, or tone it down with sea green. What activities, hobbies or other experiences will lead you towards the masterpiece you want to create? In knowing this, your canvas will fill with more elements that will give you much happiness.
Sometimes we don’t have that end in mind, or we get frustrated when the colors don’t turn out right. It’s alright. Enjoy the act of painting. Enjoy the different hues and tones. Relish each action you contribute to your canvas everyday, and before you know it, a masterpiece will be right before your eyes.
You wield the paintbrush and the palette of your life’s canvas. Your life is a masterpiece, a work of art. Color it in as much as you can, and enjoy every moment of your painting.
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Jim
I think mine’s an abstract but I’m hoping that it’s a beautiful one. Some people might not understand it at first but one might need to have a very good look to understand appreciate that it is a good life.
Thanks for this!
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Fred S.
The masterpiece is never completed during our lifetime. It keeps changing as we adjust the colors and the scenery on a daily basis. We are what we make of our life that becomes our masterpiece in the making.
The masterpiece only gets completed on the day of our death and it will be all up to God if He would KEEP THE MASTERPIECE AMONG HIS COLLECTIONS OR THROW IT INTO THE ETERNAL FLAMES OF THE FIRES OF HELL TO BURN FOR ALL ETERNITY!
Lourdes Damazo
Thank you so much for your inspiring message. My painting for sure is very colorful. My only guide book for my painting is the Holy Bible. Thank you.
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JOSE S. HERMOSURA
My life is a work of art and is my masterpiece!How great!
jey
Very inspiring. I’m enjoying the splashes of oranges, yellows, pinks, lavenders. Thanks, Toni!
Teresa B.
I agree that your life is your masterpiece.You are the one who is in control in using your paintbrush and how much amount of paint you throw on it.
In the end, you will just discover what kind of life you’ve created through the look of your framework.
pieceofcake
No problem.
Photoshop was a big help before. Now I it’s a piece of cake with Macromedia flash.
Van Gogh who?
Celing Floria
Life indeed is a master piiece therefore enjoy it while you can.My life is very colorful predominantly in orange and red These colors are my favorite ,believe you may.They remind me of my will to vibrantly live life to the fullest,enjoy while I can making God the center of it all. Life begins but ends according to how you made it.Meanwhile stay happy and pray for a good life every day like there is no tomorrow. As long as God is with you who can be against you and I believe everyone including me deserves a good life.
Angie
NO matter what life appears as a painting, indeed we can all all be great painters in our own lives and will proudly say our own Masterpieces….
OFW in Afghanistan
Indeed, everyone’s life is a masterpiece. Mine has all the colors of the rainbow in it, has all the kinds of lines and shapes possible. It has been exciting and meaningful. It is set on a canvass of gratitude and thankfulness.
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Love
Wow! Truly life is waht we make out of it…
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Anastasia
Your life is a masterpiece of your own design. It’s wonderful to be able to get out the paintbrush and paint whatever picture we desire. Thanks for the great reminder.
Ravshan
Hi! I from Tojiciston. It’s very interesting to read your blog, but difficult to translate it from English all the time… Can you make it in Tojiciston language?
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