Whatever you believe, somehow life exists and we are living. And have been for thousands of years.
We live, love, survive, and thrive.
It's what humans do and have been doing for thousands of years.
Most animals main function is reproduction in order to make sure that animal species keeps from being extinct.
Us humans are similar as one of our main functions is to reproduce but the other is to fulfill our life purpose.
We are born with purpose.
For a purpose.
And every humans' purpose is different. It's what makes this world so epic.
7+ billion humans running around achieving and trying to achieve their life purposes.
How is this possible?
There are so many small, details in this world. Everything from the precision and detail of a grain of sand to every little detail of yourself.
Then there are the big aspects of the world such as countries as a whole, movements & groups of people, and issues such as racism and consumerism.
And it all comes together somehow to create this world we live in.
What else has many small details and macro elements that all come together to create beauty?
Art.
A painting brings together so many minuscule strokes of the brush or other tool all while expressing macro meanings to the artist and the audience.
A sculpture is the result of many small gestures and moldings of the hand or other tool coming together to create a piece of expression.
A song or beat brings together various pieces such as sounds, vocals, production, and layering to create a larger piece of music that means various meanings to different people.
Sounds like life to me.
A life is just a bunch of little moments of time and experiences that add up to the book which becomes your life.
A piece of art that is constructed by little strokes of life.
So why don't we treat ourselves that way?
As a piece of art.
We are so hard and mean to ourselves.
No one is perfect and it is okay to not know everything and be wrong. Self-loathing and hate helps no one.
You need to love yourself like a piece of art.
We are art after all.
We were created.
Then we live and through this mold unique attributes of ourselves. Whether they be physical, mental, or deeper your soul.
And then towards the end we realize all the little aspects that make up our lives.
Are we a piece of art or have we allowed life to crack our foundations and as a result splinter into pieces never truly becoming our self.
What is life?
Life is art.
What's yours look like?
Thank you as always for your time, support, and attention :)
Image sources:
- http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst16882_A-piece-of-art.aspx
- http://www.collegehumor.com/post/7041731/hey-guys-im-starting-to-get-a-little-uneasy-about-this-trump-fella
- https://www.pinterest.com/pin/403987029045148109/
- http://alispagnola.com/free-paintings-old/archives/227
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Very deep!! good post man!! I think as time progresses, life and art will become more and more entwined! Its inevitable, especially on platforms like this! ... and the layers thing, very hard to put into words, but very well put!!
... We all like the idea of being a 'van gogh', but really the art we surround ourselves with and respond to is alot closer to 'home'.
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Thank you so much buddy, appreciate it.
And righttt I have noticed that as well "art" is in almost everything we do on a daily basis it's incredible.
Wowwwww I love that. Never thought of it that way, holy smokes thanks for saying that :)
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Woow... We are art after all. We were created.
Namasté Bro!
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:)))
God bless my brother.
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For me, life is simply a perspective and I rather have a positive one :D
It's very artistic if you think about it :
"The map is a metaphor for our belief system, values and principles (How we view the world), the map of the world we have in our minds is not the real world but just a reflection of our beliefs. Each person has a different reality, based on the fact that we all have different maps and ways to view the world. Most people (or all of them), instead of interacting with the world, interact with their map."
Each have a different map, each draw the world differently!
Thank you for a great post :D
Please check my new post, I think you will like it!
@paps
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Holy smokes man what you just shared is so legendary. It just inspired something freakin huge. Thank you so much for sharing that quote (is that your quote?).
Amennn its all a mindset, why leave room for hate, much better to frame everything with a positive mindset :)
And on it, I see my friends over at @ocd saw it yesss. I will digest it this looks like an incredible post.
God bless.
Namaste
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"The map is not the territory" - not my quotes, its one of the presuppositions in NLP. But the full paragraph is something I wrote in one of my old posts - Breaking Down Reality.
Thank you, soo much for your kind words! I have to say I like your posts and maybe we should do a collab in the future :)
Also, thank you for checking my post ^^
Namaste brother
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Ahhhh gotcha gotcha I will get on that :)
You're very welcome and thank you for your kind words. Would love to do a collab.
and you are welcome it is so comprehensive. I need to set some time aside to go back and reread and digest :)
God bless my brother.
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You should hit me on steemit chat, we could talk more there 😁
I find it easy to connect with positive people like you!
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Heck yeah would love too :)
Have you downloaded Discord yet? A lot of these Steemit communities are on there. I find that I have less problems than on Steemit chat. But I will go anywhere haha :)
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I have discord!
Just give me a link to one of the channels you are in :)
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Here is one https://discord.gg/5Qr86Q8 and we can also private direct message on Discord as well.
God bless
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A great article!
I love this - "A painting brings together so many minuscule strokes of the brush or other tool all while expressing macro meanings to the artist and the audience."
It shows the delicacy of each person's talent and gift in the world. I've used the metaphor that we are all pieces in a jigsaw puzzle and we need to fit together to complete the picture.
I feel that life would be so different if this were true - "7+ billion humans running around achieving and trying to achieve their life purposes"
but so many people seem oblivious to having a greater purpose than existing to pay the bills each day. So many are stuck in ruts and aren't feeling their soul connection.
The more people share and talk about this, as you have done with your enlightening post then the more it will make those people think there is more to life than what they are currently experiencing.
Thanks for article and lovely images! :)
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Wow thank you so much for your kind and insightful words.
You speak such truth it so inspiring to hear from another soul. that is one of my goals with these posts is to inspire people to realize that it's just a mindset and any of us can figure out and achieve our life purpose.
Amenn people are stuck in a rut and are either to afraid or don't have the vision to get out of it. I use the metaphor of being "trapped in the maze." People just go around the maze never achieving what they are supposed to achieve.
I love that metaphor you used with a puzzle. I feel like maybe a visual representation of this will help people understand. Like literally a puzzle broken down into 7 billion pieces. I am sure it can be done :)
Thank you so much for caring.
God bless.
Namaste
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You're welcome, I can feel the good flowing from you in your photo and as you say it's good to connect with another soul on the same page!
Great you're wishing to inspire people to find their life purpose, that is a big part of my work doing this. I feel one of the biggest problems is the money trap, needing to pay the bills and not finding a way out, but people can still do a passion as a hobby to get the ball rolling!
With the jigsaw puzzle we have critical mass and the '100th monkey' working for us, so pieces will start to just fall in place when that is reached!
You're welcome, thank you for caring too. Great to chat! :)
Blessings and Namaste
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Amen amennnnn the money trap is a huge problem and once people are out of that mindset o weee is it powerful.
I am unfamiliar with the '100th monkey' so I will do some research into it. Thank you so much for sharing these words, means a lot to me :)
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Yes the enslavement to money and bills is huge! May crypto and Steemit really help to resolve this issue for many.
100th monkey is an interesting story about how behaviour changes automatically when it reaches a critical mass point - here is an article about it.
http://wowzone.com/monkey.htm
Gives me such hope!! :)
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Hello my friend. Looks like you have been busy as usual. Got yourself into all kinds of things here on steemit. I always enjoy your original masterpieces. You have a creative mind that never seems to stop. Hope you are well. Be Blessed my friend! 🐓🐓
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Awh shucksss thank you so much.
That made me smile so big and I really appreciate you caring enough to read and comment you are so awesome :)
God bless.
Namaste
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Awe you big crazy man, you are so damn sweet! Hope you are behaving yourself! Lol!
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:))) I try my best o weeeeeee
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@chiefmappster taking credit for others work:
https://steemit.com/scams/@spl/scammer-alert-a-fraudster-is-using-lucksacks-name-please-help-us-spread-the-word
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Good to see you're still around here :-)
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Ayyyy my brother from another mother good to see you alive and thriving :)
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brother from another mother, lol.
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Hahaha thought you might like that line :)
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Awesome post mate! :)
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Thank you buddy :)
God bless.
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And each of us unique. Great post!
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Exactlyyyyy :)
Thank you so much.
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Yes - to Create. That is what we do.
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Amennnnnnnnn.
Thank you for your time and attention :)
God bless.
Namaste
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I make Art :D
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Ayyyyyyy yes you do and it sure is high-quality and beautiful.
God bless.
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No my friend. You need to search more for your purpose of life. This highly complex biological, psychological, physical features that God gave you cannot be just for the purpose of spending life for art. You need to consult what God said about this matter.
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I think you misunderstood the article. Art is used as a metaphor for life. Not the purpose of spending life. But I think this might be a translation error.
God bless.
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:))))))))))))
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Check my blog, got something for you;)
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Ayyyy thank you :)
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Life is art, i like that. Well said, Are we a piece of art or have we allowed life to crack our foundations and as a result splinter into pieces never truly becoming our self?
How long have you been an artist and painting the world?
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I would say consciously for the past 7-8 years but who really knows :)
Thank you for caring.
God bless.
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That is a good point, maybe self proclaimed for 7 to 8, but only really your whole life. What brought you to steemit? Also, I love that you always say God bless!
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Awh shucks but just the chance to help people from all over the world. It helps me reach people it would have taken me years to reach
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I sould add that to my post too, God bless, let it plant a seed in all that skip by.
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Did he really? Do I hear a testimony coming on??
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:)))))
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Nice post bro.
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Thank you kind sir :)
God bless.
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