connecting through art

you rarely know how your actions effect others. how what you say stregthens those around you. Last night, at the farmers market, i had two different people Come up to me and give me a little thank you gift because of something i did or said to them. in both cases we talked about art and how it effects us. an artist across the field brought me a stone that he had picked up on a hike in nevada, and he shared with me the adventure of his hike. the other thank you was from a father of an 8 yr old girl that i befriended last week. she & i talked about art and drawing. i gave her one of my picasso jasper stones on a necklace. the joy in her face was priceless. the dad thanked me and gave me some fresh honey from his hives. we talked for a long time about the beauty of nature. THIS IS WHY I LOVE ART!!!