love alone is worth the fight
Ok so, here's the thing... I don't want to just be average. I have a really close friend who is an artist and we've talked about the type of people she wants to associate her work with. She's not just any artist though. You see; She is totally brilliant! Her art reaches some of the highest echelon of people in NYC and for so long, she didn't even have a public website because her clientele was based off referrals only, and in-person meetings. "Couture" or "high-art" as they call it. In a conversation she and I had, once upon a time, she told me she had worked with a couple of guys that 'claimed to walk with Jesus' then were poor workers, did a bad job, and were totally lazy. Sadly, she was scarred by that experience that she typically actually 'prefers' to work with people other than professing Christians. This makes me sad. And yet, I can understand. You see. If we run around telling everyone about our faith and wear ...