One of the great misconceptions about the artistic life is that it entails great swathes of aimlessness. The truth is that a creative life involves great swathes of attention. Attention is a way to connect and survive… And the reward for attention is always healing. It may begin as the healing of a particular pain- the lost lover, the sickly child, the shattered dream. But what is healed, finally, is the pain that underlies all pain: the pain that we are all, as Rilke phrases it, "unutterably alone." More than anything else, attention is an act of connection. — The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
When we pay attention, we see the glory of God and connect with it. We hear his whispers of love in our individual, so-human moments.