To Sketch or Paint

To sketch or paint is enough
when a call is in the heart
to put on page the innerspace  
inspired by feelings of the day
 
the groove is found in the ink
expressed for sake of artistry
crafting substance from nothing
by drawn lines and paint’s tint
 
a scratch of pen is the start
marker’s swath with a line
boundaries set by the mind
blueprint of what’s to come
 
blending lines into swirls
simple structures built upon
depictions hinted in outline
a picture forming by design
 
overlapping towards the goal
expressing God in our sight
by the virtue of a blueprint
illustration of the dream
 
building worlds all may see
ambition authored by a pen
or the pigments of a brush
to sketch or paint is enough.
 
© 2017. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20171013.
 
A friend has been celebrating their “Inktober”, a nearly daily expression of sketches.  They sketched one based on one of my photographs.  The end product inspired me to write “To Sketch or Paint”.