— One of the finest efforts you can make as an artist is to take up a composition out of love for someone in your life.

It might be their triumph. It might be their struggle.

It might be a celebration. It might be a catastrophe.

In the compelling piece featured here, Francine Malo (from our advanced AWAKE Group) crafted an exquisite work of art in tribute to her brother who is undergoing dangerous surgery to his heart and spine.

Just looking at this piece, you can FEEL it goes beyond a conventional work of art.

There is meaning here, and we can’t help but feel something of the love Francine feels for her brother.

We also experience something of the magic he represents in her life.

That is some powerful stuff.

Next time you’re wondering what to create, before just diving in on something you might normally take up for the simple fun of it … pause and take a minute to think of some of those you love …

Think of someone who has deeply affected your life in some way … or who has faced something serious in their own life and come through victorious …

Or perhaps someone in your life who ran up against troubles they could not overcome and is no longer here, and left some part of you broken in their passing …

Then see if you can show us THAT in your work.

Show us a heart soaring or a heart breaking.

How big of a canvas are you willing to embrace when that canvas is your own heart?

– Sebastian