“Where shall we begin?” asked the sculptor Rodin.
“There is no beginning,” he concluded. “Start where you arrive. Stop before what first entices you. And work!
In many ways this insight sums up Rodin’s life. Known for The Thinker, The Gates of Hell, and The Kiss, in the Rodin museum are 6,000 of Rodin’s sculptures and 7,000 of his work on paper.
In other words, if there is something we want to do in our life – creatively, spiritually, emotionally, professionally, relationally- it’s helpful to consider Rodin’s counsel “there is no beginning,” we simply start when we arrive and then begin to work.
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