Those who live in glass houses ...

... are really, really lucky -- provided that the house is a giant conservatory filled with flowers, cacti, palm trees, butterflies and Dale Chihuly installations.


Today I visited Columbus to see the Chihuly pieces in action -- as all Chihuly works  essentially are -- and was blown away by the imagination, creativity, genius and just sheer joy the art represents.


Trying to describe the works or pick a favorite would be futile. When you spend several hours feeling your soul lifted up by the manifestation of inspiration, there is nothing to be gained by deciding one moment in the day was The Most Awesomest Moment Of All.


What is to be taken from such an experience is a larger point, bordering -- for me -- on the spiritual. It is a reminder that each of us is given something to express in a way that perhaps no one else yet has considered. It is the certainty that art is all around us. Sometimes it takes the form of a giant, squiggly, blown-glass heron; at other times, it's a butterfly landing on a jade plant noticed by only a few visionaries in a crowded room of eager photographers.

Whatever art speaks to you, may you find it daily. And may it lift you up and make you feel at peace, if only for a moment.