WELCOME April 26, 1999 Issue

To Our Readers

William E. Moody

I Took Up Woodcarving once. I enjoyed it tremendously. There was great satisfaction in starting with a block of wood—some fine-grained pine or a good piece of basswood—and then watching it become something else. A house wren. A shore bird standing on one leg. A quail with white cheeks. These were all what you might call "primitives." None of them would have won a ribbon in a show or exhibit. But I loved doing it.

This week, in the Sentinel's Cover Story, Beverly Goldsmith explores the question: "Where does creativity come from?" She concludes that "creativity is a spiritual quality" and that "spirituality... is at the heart of all creative activity." She also shows how this creative spirituality is actually inherent in everyone—to be expressed individually.

The creative process in art, music, photography, crafts, poetry, and so on is really an outcome of reflecting Soul, God. It's natural to all of us to respond to and to express the qualities of Soul—beauty, harmony, grace, divine symmetry and balance. We're each, in fact, the spiritual reflection of Soul. That's our true nature. And it just feels good to express Soul—in our own unique way.

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