Art is a process, not a product.

So I bought this really cool sand art kit on clearance at Hobby Lobby. Lily was way excited about doing it and did it really well. She filled the five bottles with beautiful layers of colored sand. Both Gordon and I were so impressed. They were left out overnight, since I planned on sealing them later. The next morning Lily and Eve played with them again, stirring and shaking the containers until all the colors were blended, until all the beautiful layers were gone. I was so disappointed when I saw it. I had wanted to put them on display, to me they looked ruined. Lily was quick to defend her "art" to show how shiny they still were, how neat it was that you could still see all the individual colors up close, but it was a different color from far away.

I sealed them and they are displayed in our kitchen window, reminding me of the process of art.