Wait

 

Before the New Year, 

I asked Thomas The Tin Art Teacher about his process for making true tin art collages. 

Collage is Thomas’s style and he has the art perfected. 

My style is geometric, quilted, and abstract. 

Heidi’s style is animals and landscapes. 

Anyway, I wanted to do a true collage, 

And so I outsourced for knowledge. 

 

After following Thomas’s advice, 

I sent him a picture of what I thought was my final product. 

“Coming along nicely,” was his response, 

Along with a suggestion for what to do next after I begged for it.

 

After following Thomas’s advice again, 

I sent him a picture of what I thought was my final product again. 

“That’s getting there,” was his response, 

Along with the wisdom of stepping away and looking at it with fresh eyes. 

 

So I did. 

I stepped away and led worship and then went to Florida and then rang in the Newton Year and then had coffee with Barb the Great 

And then I looked at it with fresh eyes. 

 

So after following Thomas’s advice for the third time, 

I sent him a picture of what I thought was my final, final product. 

“Much better!” he said, 

And so I nailed it down. 

And he said, “Fun!” when I finally finished. 

 

Wait. 

Don’t rush. 

Give it time and space.

Ask for help. 

Seek wisdom. 

Listen. 

Life is not a race. 

It is a collage. 

And you will know when you get it right.