Snowflakes and Enthusiasm?

It can be difficult to think highly of snowflakes, when you're covered in mounds of them, but....

The poet, Henry David Thoreau, wrote in his journal that a snowflake is the product of enthusiasm. "How full of the creative genius is the air in which these are generated! I should hardly admire more if real stars fell and lodged on my coat."*

Art is the product of enthusiasm, too.  I know that sometimes, when we're trying to earn a paycheck, we create artwork we're not necessarily enthusiastic about, but, at those other times, isn't it awesome to have something in your head that you just have to get out with paint, paper, canvas, sculpture, or whatever your chosen medium is? You hardly want to stop and eat, because you're so driven to complete the piece?

That is a product of enthusiasm!

And while we can't quite reach the capabilities of the Genius who creates snowflakes, it sure is fun to try!

*From The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, pp. 87-88