I again had the wonderful privilege of running a sketching class this year at
Sunnyside Camp. In planning some exercises, I did a few preparatory sketches that forced me to limit my scope and focus on a small, "generic" area, 1 square metre. As children, we are so aware of how much life and diversity exists even at the foot of a tree, but most of us (myself included) no longer take the time to appreciate this. As I sketched, the words of
this hymn from my childhood came back to me:
- "All things bright and beautiful,
- All creatures great and small,
- All things wise and wonderful,
- The Lord God made them all.
- Each little flower that opens,
- Each little bird that sings,
- He made their glowing colours,
- He made their tiny wings.
- All things bright and beautiful,
- All creatures great and small,
- All things wise and wonderful,
- The Lord God made them all."
Perhaps at some point in my life, the act of sketching will become too tedious -- a distraction and an encumbrance -- to the simple process of discovering and admiring God's presence and giving Him glory... but for the time being, it's a gift that gets me on the right track towards "seeing".
As the last verse goes:
"He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell,
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well."
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