Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Earth's Last Picture

I happened upon a lovely blog this am while "blog surfing"...(http://tinasteelelindseyart.blogspot.com/), ...and copied this Kipling quote from her. She is a very talented artist and I so enjoyed viewing her works, as well as her fathers'.

"When Earth's last picture is painted
and the tubes are twisted and dried
When the oldest colors have faded
and the youngest critic has died
We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it
lie down for an aeon or two
'Till the Master of all good workmen
shall put us to work anew
And those that were good shall be happy
they'll sit in a golden chair
they'll splash at a ten league canvas
with brushes of comet's hair
They'll find real saints to draw from
Magdalene, Peter, and Paul
they'll work for an age at a sitting
and never be tired at all.
And only the Master shall praise us
and only the Master shall blame
And no one will work for the money
no one will work for the fame
But each for the joy of the working,
and each in his separate star,
will draw the thing as he sees it,
for the God of things as they are!"

Rudyard Kipling

1 comment:

  1. Thank you so much for this wonderful post. I think your blog is so beautiful, so spiritual, so uplifting. The words, the photos, everything. I look forward to seeing more as time goes by. What an inspiration you must be to your family.

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