kairos: (Greek: 'divine moment')
pleroo: (Greek: fullness--as in 'fullness of time')
There is a transfigurational moment, a window of inspiration, gestalt, aha! insight, play of values—lights, shadows--illuminating the perfect composition out of the most mundane, banal, objects. A center of interest emerges and holds your eye: a wormhole to inner space. You grab your conte crayon, pastel chalk, or colored pencil and dash off a thumbnail sketch before the light moves on. Fullness of time. An upper room. A gathering. A breeze. Tongues of fire. Anointing. The Logos. Windows of heaven opening. Emmaus Road and touching a scar--quickly slipping away. Kingdom Time. Kairos. Redemptive lift from trivial to profound, vulgar to beautiful, profane to sacred opens your eyes to see what others cannot, opens your ears to hear what others cannot. In your studio you take out the rough fragment and on the drawing board form a masterpiece, an etude, painting, screenplay--a sculpture in marble.
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