{"id":9331,"date":"2025-07-11T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=9331"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:29:05","slug":"living-artfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=9331","title":{"rendered":"Living Artfully"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sahil Bloom expounded a worthy philosophy of life on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sahilbloom.com\/newsletter\/the-artful-life-ars-longa-vita-brevis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">July 11, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He began by quoting the Roman philosopher Seneca:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ars longa; vita brevis. Art is long, life is short.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Sahil went on to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It isn&#8217;t simply about art, but about an <\/em><strong><em>artful life<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To live artfully is to create ripples that extend beyond the self. To shape your very short existence in such a way that its echoes outlast your pulse.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To live artfully is to focus on creation, not consumption. To share your gifts with the world. To share your light.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To live artfully is to embrace curiosity. To learn for the sake of learning. To renew each day the child-like awe with which you used to see the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To live artfully is to give with no expectation of return. To center yourself in generosity and kindness.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To live artfully is to live differently. To wake up early. To walk slowly. To listen intently. To stand proudly. To focus deeply.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To live artfully is to treat the ordinary with the sort of reverence typically reserved for the extraordinary.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ars longa; vita brevis. Art is long, life is short.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>So, <\/em><strong><em>live artfully.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good principles, some very Biblical! This piece resonated with me since I had developed an acrostic based on ARTFULLY as a succinct way to remember my life&#8217;s goals. I&#8217;ll share it tomorrow. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world. (Philippians 2.14, 15, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God\u2019s varied grace. (1 Peter 4.10, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sahil Bloom expounded a worthy philosophy of life on July 11, 2025. He began by quoting the Roman philosopher Seneca: Ars longa; vita brevis. Art is long, life is short. Then Sahil went on to say: It isn&#8217;t simply about art, but about an artful life. To live artfully is to create ripples that extend &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=9331\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Living Artfully<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-2qv","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9332,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9331\/revisions\/9332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}