Art Right Side Up

We mentioned our artist friend, Monte. He helps us see the world from a different slant. Bob and I love words. We collect them like treasures. Monte is not a great fan of words. He will take an image over a word any day.

Monte was looking over my shoulder last week at some pictures I had from a recent trip. Sunrises. I was turning the digital images right side up. Monte abruptly said, "Stop!" For him, the images were perfect sideways. He did not even see them as sideways. He saw art right side up. I had to force myself to hold my head straight as I looked at the pictures. It kept drifting sideways. Monte's head never wavered.

approaching art chest open

A lesson in approaching art "chest open." Laying aside presumptions about how things are. Considering another view of reality. Coming at understanding sideways. Taking a deep breath of creative beauty so that your chest opens wide. Your horizon of sight, internal and external, broadens. A lesson to be liberally applied in this human life.

Joni