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The Evergreen Journal # 8 – A Gentle Evergreen Spirit<\/p>\n

\u00a9Lynda McKinney Lambert. 2022. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

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Fine art and literature are my passion. However, in pursuit of my studies for my degrees, the further I went in advanced education, the narrower the path became.<\/p>\n

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This is as it should be.<\/p>\n

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As a student advances from the undergraduate program to more intensive and profound studies, the goal is to dig deeper and become more exclusively focused in our field of study. Recently, I began to consider this process and how it transforms a student. In the beginning years, I was what could be jokingly called “a mixed bag” or “Jack of all trades.” I lacked the specific vision to develop expertise.<\/p>\n

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This discovery was a remarkable revelation. In due time,<\/p>\n

I learned to focus on more-narrowed writing and reading non-fiction stories, thoughtful essays, and poetry. I learned to move from a broader range of studies in my work. By the time I completed my higher degrees in literature, my focus was on poetry.\u00a0 My final project was on the work of three notable poets and their writings.<\/p>\n

In fine art, I entered the MFA degree,program with the focus on painting and printmaking exclusively. In every year of my studies from undergraduate to MFA, art history was at the core of all studio work. Regardless of our chosen genre of work,\u00a0 we need a solid foundation on which to build.<\/p>\n

These genres are where I find inspiration and pleasure every day. My thoughts are flowing like a refreshing river from an endless source.<\/p>\n

After I experienced a change in my everyday activities due to sudden sight loss in 2007, I eventually learned to do many activities in new ways. Of course, this changed my method of creating art and writing. I often call this a Divine Pivot in my life.<\/p>\n

I believe that my formal training and my faith in God brought me through such a major crisis in life. I continue to study and learn new things in my disciplines and in my spiritual life every day.<\/p>\n

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In Ephesians 6, we read about how to “put on the armor of God” each day.<\/p>\n