Becky Avella’s Reviews > The Creative Call: An Artist's Response to the Way of the Spirit > Status Update

"We need to selectively prune away the things in our lives that are not life-giving, thereby allowing more space for the important things, more space for the 'healthy trees' to grow." - pg. 143

"Simplicity is purity...It is the place artists go when they are so caught up in their art that the worries and cares of the day have ceased to exist for them." - pg. 161

“Madeline L’Engle says that artists ‘draw people to Christ by...showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it...’” - pg. 134

“We have become a culture of hyperactive adults. In this frenetic society, it is easy to base our sense of self-worth on how many activities we can handle at one time rather than on how well we are doing each task, how much we are enjoying it, or how much time we’re willing to set aside and protect in order to do the things that really matter to us.” -pg. 120

“With our hand firmly planted in his, we can relearn the childlike trust we need to develop a vision of who he wants us to be.” - pg. 65

“We need to be reminded that for every person who has held us back in our desire to develop our artistic side, there are others who have been an example and an inspiration to us.”
- pg. 61

“The fear of not being ‘good enough’ can keep us from using our talents and gifts...

...it is not our place to decide for ourselves whether we are ‘good enough’ to glorify God with our talent.

...It is instead our responsibility to realize that God gave our talents to us for a purpose, His purpose.”