The Song of Thanks

by Ruth Matthews
New Paltz Meeting

Thank you for the gift of this day…

To see, to hear, to taste, to smell,

To touch, think and feel

All the mystery and wonder of Life on Earth,

Our home in eternal vastness…….

Whatever this day brings,

Whatever it brings,

May I meet it with an open mind

And a loving, compassionate heart.

This is my consecration,

Amen.

Quakerism in the Creative Process

by Diane-Ellen McCarron
Poughkeepsie Meeting

My Quaker Way Has Opened Through Art

by Mary Pugh Clark
Montclair Meeting

I am a visual person. I make sense of things by looking. Words, ideas, decisions—all grow from what I see. I let what I draw or paint, or photos that I take, help me clarify my thoughts. This process of mine has informed and deepened how I have practiced Quakerism. How I have made my way. And sought to grow into integrity.