Importance

I found a piece of art!

I stumbled upon this little print in my morning internet wanderings. (thanks for the link, ndy!)

I love what the artist says about this piece:

this is a piece i originally did for my part in a group show called 'old school' at uppercase gallery. i was thinking about all of the visually pleasing things i loved about school - textbooks, maps, flashcards, writing tablets...and also about all of the years i spent sitting at a desk during my school careeer daydreaming - and often doodling. the windows are there to remind the viewer of the many things that lay outside the classroom, yet to be discovered.

I think those same things. There are things I love about school- the crispness of brand new books, the line of a sharp pencil, the waxy smell of new crayons, the delight of staying in the borders when coloring a map. I know my kids love these things, too. But, as much as the things, I want my children to love learning- to be curious and questioning and inquisitive and discerning. And I want them to learn that there is a much, more, to learn outside the classroom, "yet to be discovered." They need to discover Creation- both in nature and in humanity. We need to be purposeful in taking the time to observe, and to participate, all for His glory. And that is importance.

"The earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world and all who live in it." Psalm 24:1