‘Painting can be a place where the Spirit flows and the painter finds calm.’ Photo: Image courtesy of Peter Varney
‘Our own creativity can best come from deliberately-chosen places of quiet and silence.’
Thought for the week: Peter Varney on the art of serenity
by Peter Varney
10th July 2020
Advices & queries 29 tells us that ‘Old age… can… bring serenity.’ But lockdown has taught me that it might be more widely available.
The world’s religions frequently suggest we need places of waiting – places where we accept and go with the flow of life. Lao Tzu asks: ‘Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?’
