{"id":5057,"date":"2010-02-09T04:00:03","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/2010\/02\/the-healing-power-of-art.html"},"modified":"2010-02-09T04:00:03","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T10:00:03","slug":"the-healing-power-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullfocus.co\/the-healing-power-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"The Healing Power of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was hard. A business deal stalled. I didn\u2019t make much progress on several key projects. I was discouraged. And toward the end of the day, I learned that a friend had died. I just wanted to go home, put on my pajamas, and go to bed.<\/p>\n

\"Someone<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of \u00a9iStockphoto.com\/damircudic <\/div>\n

But I had signed up to attend the Recreate Conference<\/a>. (What was I thinking?)<\/em> Last night was the opening night. It was to begin with a mixer, then dinner, and finally a concert. As an introvert, this is not<\/em> what I enjoy. It takes lot of energy to jump into the midst of a crowded room and be … well … pleasant.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, I managed to miss most of the mixer. When Gail and I arrived, we found a few of our close friends and hid in the shadow of their company. Unexpectedly, I had a very pleasant dinner conversation with a few Twitter acquaintances. I began to sense that my mood was shifting. I stopped brooding over my own problems and became immersed in the conversation.<\/p>\n

Finally, Amy Grant<\/a> took the stage. There she was in Puckett\u2019s Grocery<\/a> in downtown Franklin, Tennessee, a few blocks from my house. Only about 115 of us were in the room. Amy sang with a small band. Acoustic guitar. Informal and without pretense. Just her and her art. A gift. Unexpected. And deeply moving.<\/p>\n

I was completely swept up in the moment. I forgot about the day. I stopped worrying about the future. For a few precious hours, I was lost in her music. Overwhelmed by the beauty and the wonder of God\u2019s goodness in giving me this unexpected gift, I teared up several times. This always happen to me in the presence of beauty. It is a clue. Suddenly, things come back into focus.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, as we sat in the restaurant, it had begun to snow outside. This, too, was unexpected\u2014and beautiful. By the time we left, a couple of inches had accumulated.<\/p>\n

Gail and I walked home in the quietness of the snow-covered lawns and streets. I could hardly speak. The day that had seemed so hard and so present just a few hours before had vanished. I had been healed and restored by an encounter with an artist and her art\u2014and serendipitously, the<\/em> Artist and His art. My heart was full, once again surprised by unexpected beauty.<\/p>\n

Question: When was the last time you had an encounter with Beauty? Did it restore your heart?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was completely swept up in the moment. I forgot about the day. I stopped worrying about the future. For a few precious hours, I was lost in the music. Overwhelmed by the beauty and the wonder of God\u2019s goodness in giving me this unexpected gift. I teared up several times. 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