It happened, all of a sudden as I was staring at the back of this horses ass…
Let me explain 😉
This weekend I came across a sculpture of a knight on a horse. It was awesome! I stared at it with my girls, just admiring the brilliance of it. Created by Loi Vo, this has to be seen in person to be appreciated.
As I looked at the details, I found myself in Loi’s shoes, staring at the different angles and wondering why he made certain creative choices. I was behind the horse, looking at it’s… uh hum, ‘haunches’ and it hit me – do other people do this?
The perspectives he chose were right on in my humble opinion. I know as an artist, you make certain choices and leave hidden assumptions that some people might not grasp. This fills me with the desire to want to understand how it was done, and next, how to create it!
The same goes for flowers, trees, leaves, bugs, rocks – heck you name it! Which ultimately leads me to raising my thoughts toward Heaven and God our Heavenly Father. His design is in everything! He made perfect creative choices for how things must look. How they need to work and flow. How these beautiful elements complement one another, all for His Glory.
Diving into this world and this perspective is AWESOME! And yet, I feel sadness at how many of us miss these subtle, hidden creative choices God made in His Creation.
Looking back at myself, staring at this horse, I realized the hallways were buzzing with many people – but nobody else stopped to look. The sculpture was at the end of the hallway, by itself, with nobody to admire it. Maybe it was because it had some sharp edges which could hurt some curious child, or the sight of some weirdo, staring at the backside of a horse…
Either way, as an artist, I ‘get’ why Loi created this the way he did. And for God and His creation, I grasp a little bit more why He created it. It was out of Love. And like Loi, and so many artists, He had to create it. We are only fulfilled when we can share what is inside of us. We need to create, almost more than we need to eat or breathe…
God Created His world and shared it with us. It tells a story of Love and who He is. The least we can do is stop and look critically at it.
And if we get caught looking respectfully at an ass or two, well, tell them it’s out of admiration – for the beauty of the design. I would think most would understand – but be ready for the slap across the face 😉
