The kit came with a little black square, with a smaller square cut out of the center: a little frame, a minimizing viewer... to help the artist focus on some small part of a large panoramic view.
As I use it to look around me, focusing on small details of the big picture, it occurs to me that big pictures discourage me: the house too big to organize, the desk too cluttered to be a productive work space... I am easily distracted and overwhelmed.
But if I limit my view, focusing on some small part of the big picture, I can deal with that. I am able to accomplish something.... (not everything - but something).
And another day, something more...
The frame also reminds me not to despise small tasks: the tiny details have a beauty I miss when I quickly survey the big picture.
Very profound, Marlene. Thank-you.
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