The image of a creative discplinarian just doesn't suit well with most of our imaginations. Perhaps it's the trait of spontaneity that seemingly contradicts the organizational and time-management skills that oh so many business kids seem to desire. Aritistic Discipline: a paradox of our times.
But who do you believe is the most artistic person in the world? Ask any artist of any sort, I think they will be the first ones to admit that their creativity is only a masking of countless hours of practice and discipline. Nike, Adidas, Puma. So many, athlete's wear companies exploit the discpline and the perseverence of an athlete as a brilliant marketing ploy. Impossible is nothing. While the consensus is that the artists are 3.am umemployed freelancers, pseudo geniuses that creates random cycles of so-called-"art" (except maybe pianists haha)
But this couldn't possibly be more false. The free-est person ever to sing, write, paint, act etc... They are not the men of lethargic creativity, rather they are the men who have suffered, persevered, and endured.
I want to be free, but freedom is not to 'do whatever you want'. It must not be eloquently masked in "Live for Today" nor "Just do what makes us happy". Fr. Barron once said: Freedom is not merely a choice nor self-determination, freedom is the discipling of desires so as to make the achievement of the good first possible and then effortless. Discipline does not limit one's freedom, but awkens freedom. Law is not an afront to freedom, but a ground to freedom.
Freedom is my hope and freedom is my purpose. Today, I find freedom in the discpling of my desires as I look forward to what lies ahead. Challenge me, then I will respond, and eventually, effortlessly.
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