Tonight's Kare11 Extra touched me... in many ways..
In short, it was about an artist who paints portraits of fallen soldiers, and gives them to the families. She doesn't charge the them, she does it because she is passionate about it.. that's what I heard from her story atleast. This is the blurb that Kare11 wrote up about it:
"The artist, Kaziah Hancock, is not political, she doesn't want anything in return, just the satisfaction of knowing that in some small way, she's helping heal the pain some American families are left to bear after losing a loved one in war."
It hit at my very soul.. not because it's such an amazing thing to do (though it DEFINITELY IS) for free, or because she is so talented and I love art (course, it didn't hurt), it's because of the very passion that exuded from her. If I am able to live long and old, I hope in my older days I get to do what I love with that kind of passion. If you didn't catch the story, click on the link for a preview of what they showed. (It doesn't do it any justice, I though that it was going to be the whole segment, I don't think it will be and there may be a short commercial first)
The Art of Compassion
3 comments:
hey, just wanted to say hi! nice to catch up with you. :)
It's stuff like this--when I can see your heart--that makes me so glad you're my friend. :)
Hi again,
I was reading my People magazine last night, and there was an article on this story and the artist. If you want, I'll save it for you. :)
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