{"id":564,"date":"2007-02-25T17:03:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-25T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2007\/02\/ars-longa-vita-brevis.html"},"modified":"2007-02-25T17:03:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-25T17:03:00","slug":"ars-longa-vita-brevis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2007\/02\/ars-longa-vita-brevis.html","title":{"rendered":"Ars Longa, Vita Brevis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReILAFllR4I\/AAAAAAAAABE\/m6AM-buZHC0\/s1600-h\/pic5.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReILAFllR4I\/AAAAAAAAABE\/m6AM-buZHC0\/s320\/pic5.bmp\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIKtlllR3I\/AAAAAAAAAA8\/qJikJJTRMOY\/s1600-h\/pic7.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIKtlllR3I\/AAAAAAAAAA8\/qJikJJTRMOY\/s320\/pic7.bmp\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIKilllR2I\/AAAAAAAAAA0\/vUQdr0HhRhQ\/s1600-h\/pic6.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIKilllR2I\/AAAAAAAAAA0\/vUQdr0HhRhQ\/s320\/pic6.bmp\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIKSVllR1I\/AAAAAAAAAAs\/L4fyX1c2spA\/s1600-h\/pic10.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIKSVllR1I\/AAAAAAAAAAs\/L4fyX1c2spA\/s320\/pic10.bmp\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIKE1llR0I\/AAAAAAAAAAk\/Usd7S1ZTNaU\/s1600-h\/pic9.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIKE1llR0I\/AAAAAAAAAAk\/Usd7S1ZTNaU\/s320\/pic9.bmp\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIJ6lllRzI\/AAAAAAAAAAc\/u2oGofqenXQ\/s1600-h\/pic8.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIJ6lllRzI\/AAAAAAAAAAc\/u2oGofqenXQ\/s320\/pic8.bmp\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIJq1llRyI\/AAAAAAAAAAU\/_RD6jyMQe4s\/s1600-h\/pic3.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIJq1llRyI\/AAAAAAAAAAU\/_RD6jyMQe4s\/s320\/pic3.bmp\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIJeFllRxI\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/cUCN0Est-8Y\/s1600-h\/pics.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_MCBNSn1DlAU\/ReIJeFllRxI\/AAAAAAAAAAM\/cUCN0Est-8Y\/s320\/pics.bmp\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Art is long, life short&#8221; says the ancient Latin aphorism.  And one of the things about art is that it makes one reconsider what something can do or be.  Here below you will find some remarkable sculptures&#8212; made out of pencils \ud83d\ude42   Art is indeed one of the signs that God has created us in his image, and on a lesser scale we have his gift of creativity.   Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Art is long, life short&#8221; says the ancient Latin aphorism. And one of the things about art is that it makes one reconsider what something can do or be. 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