“Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy is the person who can find beauty in the world around him. Peaceful, the person who can find beauty in all things. Exuberant, the person who creates it. Exultant, the person that beautifies his life.

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While it is a wonderful thing to be able to mix paints, sounds, or images to create a beautiful work of art, using that same skill to create beauty in one’s life brings artistry to an entirely different level. An artist, be it visual, musical, or performance, is somewhat limited in the people that the beauty he creates effects. People must go to a gallery or a theatre, or come across the work in another way in order to appreciate it. But the Life Artist creates a reverberation of beauty that transcends his own being and echoes through the lives of everyone he meets.

Each of us has the innate, artistic ability to create something beautiful in our lives. Perhaps it is something as simple as a smile or a friendly gesture. Perhaps it is giving to or volunteering for a worthy cause. However, every act of beauty we create in our own lives blends with the tapestry of humanity to create a work of art which will be known as the legacy of us all. Create something beautiful today.

Steve McAllister

In addition to serving as Managing Editor and contributor to Modern Hippie Mag, Steve McAllister is an actor, musician, accomplished author and filmmaker. His most recent novel, The McAllister Code is available as an e-book at www.themcallistercode.com. Find Steve on Twitter, @InkenSoul. Read his reviews and articles here.

Steve McAllister  (360 Posts)

Steve McAllister, Modern Hippie Mag's resident Lifestyle Guru, describes himself as a Renaissance Man. An author, filmmaker, songwriter, and perpetual artistic experimenter, he has recently re-released his second book The Rucksack Letters into paperback to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the journey. His latest book, a comical foray into philosophical science fiction, is How to Survive an Estralarian Mind Meld. His latest artistic project is The Labyrinth of the Unbroken Path. .