Art Lesson

Mark Nepo
2 min readJun 28, 2022

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The mind moves like a pencil.

The heart moves like a brush.

While the mind can draw

exquisite prints, the heart

with its deep bright colors

will ignore the lines.

If you only follow your mind,

you will never go outside the lines.

If you only follow your heart,

what you touch will never

resemble anything.

We must be

a student of both.

For the mind can build

itself a home, but only

the heart can live in it.

AUG 26–28: Mercy By the Sea, 167 Neck Rd, Madison CT, weekend workshop, Reclaiming Our Humanity: Being Fierce and Tender in Our Call to Love, Fri 7–9:30PM EST Sat 9:30–5:30PM EST, Sun 9:30–1230PM, ( web link) — IN PERSON

SEPT 16–18: Friday Night Reading and Weekend Retreat (Sat and Sun), Surviving Storms: Finding the Strength to Meet Adversity, The Sophia Institute, Charleston, SC, or call 843–720–8528, (web link) — IN PERSON

OCT 28–30: Harmony Hill Retreat Center, Surviving Storms: Finding the Strength to Meet Adversity, A Weekend Retreat, (web link) — IN PERSON

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Mark Nepo
Mark Nepo

Written by Mark Nepo

New York Times #1 bestselling author of The Book of Awakening, poet, spiritual teacher and philosopher. Learn more @MarkNepo.com or live.marknepo.com

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