Art

I always love the arts, but I don't always shout that love from the rooftops or anything. But lately my love of artistic things has me wanting to write poetry and music rather than prose. (Although literature is artistic too, so really I don't know why this is the case.)

I love the beauty that can be felt in hearing a heartfelt song. I love the beauty that can be felt at the closure of a well-performed play. I love the feeling at museums. I love art. I get such a thrill in experiencing art, and I usually leave with joy.

I love how observing art is a process. It's not a one moment thing. For example, when I go to BYU's Museum of Art, I often first look at the art. I take it in for one moment, but in the next moment I observe the details, then the whole again. However, after I continue throughout an exhibit, I often go back to the earlier pieces of art and look at them again. I think about the art as I go home and again and again after that.

I've heard Handel's Messiah many, many times in my life, but each time brings new thoughts and experiences. I love it.

Art is something that moves both my heart and my thoughts. Art is something I love.

What I want to do this month

I'm pretty sure December is my favorite month. Christmas is my favorite thing ever for basically three hundred reasons. There are so many things I want to do this month. 

For example, I'd love to 

• Listen to LOTS of Christmas music (already succeeding here!)
• Watch my favorite Christmas movies (It's a Wonderful Life, Elf, The Santa Clause, Rudolph, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, etc.)
• Give gifts to those I love
• Give gifts to people I don't even know
• Volunteer
• Get my room organized (not related to Christmas, but it's something I want to do)
• Go sledding (come on snow!)
• Help people know that they are loved
• See some lovely lights
• Do more decorating
• Enjoy the decorations
• Bake cookies and share them
• Spend time with people I love
• Sing Christmas songs

I fully intend to do as many of those things as possible. I think I'll do a lot of them, and they'll make this month even more wonderful! 

However, the thing I love most about Christmas is thinking about Christ. I love Christ. I truly believe that his birth is something to be celebrated and to be happy about. Because he was born, I am who I am today. He is the gift. I hope this month to remember Christ better and be more like him. And really, not just this month but always.