Greetings Readers!
Here is the next volume of our series — The Wisdom of Art. This series invites us to pause from our busy lives to explore the wisdom of art and poetry.
Here is a painting, a poem, and a bit of prose…
1. The Gulf Stream (Painting)
The Gulf Stream is an 1899 oil painting by Winslow Homer. Homer crossed the Gulf Stream numerous times, and his first trip to the Caribbean in 1885 seems to have inspired several related works from the same year.
“What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way.”
— Winslow Homer
Contemplation Exercise:
Consider taking some uninterrupted time to contemplate the painting:
Notice what arises…
What can we learn about life…
