 and just overwhelmed and overjoyed at the beautiful experiences we're having in Monet Cafe Art Group on Facebook. The personal element of art is something that I am blown away by but not unexpected if that makes sense. I feel that art is something that has been raped, that's a strong word, by selfishness, and that art is not supposed to be about me and about my painting and about look at me and how my work is better than your work or you know and that's that's typically what happens a lot in some of the groups not all I'm certainly not condemning all art groups or people who go to galleries and all that kind of stuff but it sadly happens a lot because human nature is pride but what I have found that has been just surprising in our group is how the human element of art is becoming the beauty of art in itself and it's not just about the creation on the paper or on the canvas or in the sculpture it's about who we are and what we're trying to express and more typically than not it's about the beauty in our on art and in our experiences together so I'm I'm just recording this to remember how much I appreciate the amazing artistic beauty of each other it's a profound and beautiful experience we're having and it's tapped into something I think that has surprised a lot of us I have been so touched by the one comment that I posted on my Facebook group our Facebook groups not my group sharing a fun fact about ourselves that's blessed me more than painting reading your stories seeing people from all over the world how we are we're one you know we're we're in spirit together when we share each other and that to me I try very hard to keep my my faith kind of squelched a little bit because I don't want to get in religious or political arguments in our group but I can't help but realize that the Holy Spirit that's what I call and what I believe is the truth about what connects us that the Holy Spirit is alive and well when we share our hearts together and what is proof of that is the fact that we don't even need to be physically together I have never met most of you and I feel as close to you as I do to people I know in my real life and closer sometimes but isn't that the spirit isn't that the beauty and the joy of what this thing we're walking through in this world is all about what would life be without each other what would life be without the beauty of our earth and the creation that was orchestrated for us to praise and rejoice and glorify so this is my ramblings and I won't share you know all these spiritual things on my channel certainly not always because I want it to be about art and not about you know my meanderings and my thoughts sometimes but I just have to put them out there occasionally because I think it might touch a soul or touch a heart and I know you guys have touched mine so anyway blessings and happy painting