An artist doesn't just stare at a blank canvas and hope it paints itself, nor does an artist hire someone to paint their painting for them. An artist has an idea in mind (or heart or soul) and sets out to create his or her painting; an internal idea to be expressed in external form.
 
You'll never hear a true artist bemoaning the work it takes to create their painting. It's the process of painting that drives the artist to wake up in the morning. It's not about the finished product, the end result. While the vision of the finished product may drive them too, it's the journey along the way that really fulfills them and enriches their lives.

It is in the process of painting where art happens. It is in the process that the artist is creating, evolving, becoming and expanding. Once the painting is finished (that is, once the vision has been fulfilled), the artist is on to a new painting, a new vision.

And so it is with life. We are all artists creating our own life paintings. It is in the process of creating where our life happens.