“Life, time, a mind and a body; these are the right brushes. Use them to paint the picture you want.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from From Chaos to Order, chapter 9
In other words
Painters need both the right tools and a view of the whole picture. Life asks for the same balance. Daily problems and other people’s opinions can draw the eye so close that the larger direction disappears.
Life, time, mind, and body are described as the brushes already in hand. They may not be everything a person wants, but they are the basic means through which anything can be made. Their value depends partly on the picture they are being used to create.
Having the right brushes does not guarantee the right result. Attention must move between the small mark and the whole life taking shape. A setback may then become a change of direction, and feeling lost may reveal that the old path was wrong.
AI-generated from the author's own text.
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