When the economy is in the crapper and the words of the politicians, pendants, and profiteers sound more like the garbled ritual rights at a head hunters love fest, you ought to stop, say to yourself “wait a minute”, and consider your actions. Instead of plunging off the cliff into some pied pipers dream world, “stop and smell the roses”. The garbage coming from all sides of the media, fueled by greed, political decisions, outright lies, skyrocketing food costs, the health baloney and the blame game is frustrating all of us.

Words upon words, upon words, have more layers than a double portion of lasagna and what’s packed between them isn’t tomato sauce. We’ve gotten so far from the truth we can’t recognize it. We’re so self-absorbed that sponges in grocery stores are looking for the ocean. God gave you great gifts! Your mind, your heart, your inner sanctuary, emotions, feelings, understanding, wisdom, clarity and your eyes, both the ones in your head and the ones in your heart. He’s given you the ability to see real beauty. He’s given talent and creative interpretation to artists and painters to knock your socks off. Art paintings, works created by artist painters who labor hard at their craft, can transcend all the babble going on around us and make us remember, take us on a journey, inspire us every day and even benefit our health. Art for health, paintings for health, healing art is in itself an alternative healthcare, complementary therapy, creating positive thoughts. It’s the power of positive thinking at its very best every day. Art paintings, people paintings, add remarkably to healing grief and those going through bereavement. There are so many ways art paintings add benefits to our lives.

It used to be that when people went delirious or off on some self imposed tangent, someone would come along and give them a slap, grab them by the collar, shake them and yell “wake up”! As a society, as a culture we are in great need of people who have a grasp of real reality, not just some stupid excuse for television entertainment, but what’s real, what’s truthful, what’s meaningful. We need people whose vows and promises, aren’t watered down or thrown out because they’re not “feeling it”. With all that’s going on in our world and in us, true value needs to be recognized. Greed and money won’t satisfy the human soul and it’s not what life’s about.

Great art paintings, acquired because they stop the heart, last a lifetime and are “priceless” to those who have them. They have a true lasting place in the hearts and lives of human beings. Obtaining them is no get rich scheme. It is a quest, a quest to find them and obtain them. After one has them in their possession, one may still not think they have great wealth, but in reality, they will have great riches that last a lifetime. Great art paintings pay one back in so many ways that the reward far outweighs the investment.

Shut down the noise. Listen carefully. Ponder where you are and what adds to your life and living. Stop adding and becoming more like our self-absorbed society. Shut the television and the computer down for a time and listen to the messages that speak through your eyes directly to your heart as you gaze into a great art painting. Find them, acquire and obtain them or seek them out and let them find you,. They are riches that won’t screech, but will last a lifetime.

Douglas Auld
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About the Author:
Douglas Auld
Artist, Painter, Poet and Writer
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