Capturing life in a Quote of the Day

“What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.”

~ Willa Cather, American author (1873-1947)

Willa Cather, 1936

I appreciate how Cather thinks of life and art, and how one captures fleeting moments by “imprisoning” them and “moulding” them into art. This quote immediately made me think of Kristin Nelson’s village scenes, like this image below, buzzing with life and energy all captured into a moment, translated into art: