Panic and Calm

You've been commissioned to paint the Sistine Chapel!!! What do you do, where do you start??? Do you go look at your paints, brushes and other tools to see if you have what you need?? Do you practice painting on other things, to make sure your skills are at their best? Do you go and study other church paintings, to see what may be expected of you??? I suppose, you do a blend of all these things. How do you stop yourself from panicking though? A long pause. I was typing away, I get to that question, and I stop, there is a long pause. When I don't know an answer, or when my brain doesn't know it, I have learned there is a way to find that answer, a place where it is sitting, waiting for me. The Silence. I've not been very silent lately, I've been so many other places with my mind, but I've not quieted it much lately and allowed myself to listen. Listen, my soul cries out to me, be silent and listen. Allow the answers to bubble up, ease the pressure so they float to the surface. The answers don't come by forcing them, they come by gentle allowing. Be still and allow.