Ronald Caringal

Nothing of importance

Feb 1, 2008

To make art is one thing, to be an artist another.

The artist is not special.
Nor is he exceptional.
He is just a person who is trying to make something that may
or may not be significant or special
now or in the future.
And this does not give him the right to act so.
He is but a man.
A human being.
I believe one becomes an artist because of the need to say something that can never be captured and constructed as a sentence.
What can be exceptional is the choice of life he leads.
He can either paint a beautiful picture on canvas or create a beautiful life for the people around him.
He is just human.
Most tend to forget that.
He is no different from you, me or the most ordinary of people.
Beauty is not something restricted or strictly encompassed by the canvas.
It can be found anywhere. You just have to open your eyes.
Acts of kindness, words of truth, courage, acts of love.
They are more important than any masterpiece.
There will always be better artists and the world will never run out of masterpieces.
But you only get to live once to embrace all that is beautiful.

-Ronald Caringal