beauty is in the eye of the beholder

just in this last week, i have discovered that i have a knack for

painting...

 

the thing is, i didn't know i had any artistic ability at all until last weekend.

i suddenly got the urge to paint. so i hopped in my car, spent $20 on painting supplies, and luckily it paid off!

not literally paid off. out of the four paintings i've painted so far i've only kept one. but i'm not charging for the other ones. they're gifts!

i got to thinking, i wish i had a painter that like had my eyes, and sees what i see, and paints all the beautiful things in this world. cause i see a lot of beauty. and i wish that other people could see what i see.

there are so many people that i wish had eye painters like what i want.

i want to see what they see.

i want to see if colors are more vibrant in the eyes of an optimist.

i want to see the wonderment of the leaf that the poet writes about.

i want to see the elegance of the girl that the band sings about.

i want to see the hope for the future that the philosopher preaches about.

but i want to see it as them.

cause half the time i feel like i'm living with my eyes closed.

i'm going to try to harness my "talent".

i'm going to go to beautiful places, and see beautiful things, and meet beautiful people.

and i'm going to paint them.

so that every one can see

what i see.