Creating tames my mental jabber by getting it out of my head and into visual form. It does for my mind what exercise does for my body: creates energy, sharpens my thinking, and restores my natural rhythms. Creating does for my soul what meditation does for my spirit: calms, roots, and clarifies. When I am creating, I’m tapping into the best of what it is to be human: the ability to digest and express the world around me, and the personal world within me, in tangible terms.