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Give the Gift of Inspiration – Gerard’s story

Posted by on Dec 28, 2011 in Blog | No Comments

 

Gerard Jara


Visitor

Art Monastery Italia

Summer 2011


Nationality

Spain

Current home

near Barcelona, Spain

Occupation

CEO,

Candor-AGS

Interests

Artichokes

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Cashews


You can participate

by making a 100% tax-deductible donation

via Paypal

or by mailing a check

made payable to

Gli Amici dell’Art Monastery” to

Art Monastery

804 South Lincoln St

Bloomington,  IN  47401


Save the date!

 

Artmonk Concert

 Saturday February 18 

San Francisco

more information to come

 

“There’s a holiness

in what you’re trying

to do.”

When Spanish businessman Gerard Jara visited the Art Monastery Italia in August for a long weekend with his partner Magda Barceló, he wasn’t prepared for a transformative experience. But after just three days with the artmonks, he was inspired to donate € 3,000, hire the Art Monastery to design his company’s holiday card, and write a beautiful email, excerpted below.


Hello  [Art Monastery Executive Director] Betsy,

I wanted to write to you and say thank you for your hospitality and for hosting us in the Art Monastery… You are working to pursue dreams of art and community, of creativity and straightness.

… I’d like to say that there’s a holiness in what you’re trying to do, and holiness has never been an easy path to walk. How many times can you be tempted to pull out from a non-finishing road? How many times can you take a wrong road and go into a different direction than the one you want to go? How many times can you choose to fly over the road instead of walking it? It’s a tough path the one you’ve chosen. These questions come to my mind when I think what would I do if I would decide to devote my time to an “art-monastery” like yours…and I think I would be a terrible monk!!

Please remember that in a world of chaos and social and economic dispute, your community is a source of light and inspiration for me. It really doesn’t matter how successful you end up being, how big the monastery grows or how small it stays. What really matters is the honest and sincere spirit that you put everyday into your work

Warm regards and thanks once more to all the monks for keeping the Art Monastery alive,

 
Gerard

Please join the Art Monastery Project in taking a stand to support living life as a work of art. Your tax-deductible donation of $5, $25, $50, $500, or $1500 goes to supporting the creation of world-class art, produced through an inspiring and authentic process that touches the artists, audiences, and volunteers who experience it.

Gerard is just one of many people whose lives were touched by the Art Monastery in 2011.

 

Help us continue to inspire in 2012.

 

 

Photos by Eric Gray, visual art by Betsy McCall

Copyright © 2011  All rights reserved

Please make checks payable to “Gli Amici dell’Art Monastery” and mail to

Art Monastery

804 South Lincoln Street

Bloomington,  IN  47401

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerard Jara


Visitor

Art Monastery Italia

Summer 2011


Nationality

Spain

Current home

near Barcelona, Spain

Occupation

CEO,

Candor-AGS

Interests

Artichokes

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Cashews


You can participate

by making a 100% tax-deductible donation

via Paypal

or by mailing a check

made payable to

Gli Amici dell’Art Monastery” to

Art Monastery

804 South Lincoln St

Bloomington,  IN  47401


Save the date!

 

Artmonk Concert

 Saturday February 18 

San Francisco

more information to come

 

“There’s a holiness

in what you’re trying

to do.”

When Spanish businessman Gerard Jara visited the Art Monastery Italia in August for a long weekend with his partner Magda Barceló, he wasn’t prepared for a transformative experience. But after just three days with the artmonks, he was inspired to donate € 3,000, hire the Art Monastery to design his company’s holiday card, and write a beautiful email, excerpted below.


Hello  [Art Monastery Executive Director] Betsy,

I wanted to write to you and say thank you for your hospitality and for hosting us in the Art Monastery… You are working to pursue dreams of art and community, of creativity and straightness.

… I’d like to say that there’s a holiness in what you’re trying to do, and holiness has never been an easy path to walk. How many times can you be tempted to pull out from a non-finishing road? How many times can you take a wrong road and go into a different direction than the one you want to go? How many times can you choose to fly over the road instead of walking it? It’s a tough path the one you’ve chosen. These questions come to my mind when I think what would I do if I would decide to devote my time to an “art-monastery” like yours…and I think I would be a terrible monk!!

Please remember that in a world of chaos and social and economic dispute, your community is a source of light and inspiration for me. It really doesn’t matter how successful you end up being, how big the monastery grows or how small it stays. What really matters is the honest and sincere spirit that you put everyday into your work

Warm regards and thanks once more to all the monks for keeping the Art Monastery alive,

 
Gerard

Please join the Art Monastery Project in taking a stand to support living life as a work of art. Your tax-deductible donation of $5, $25, $50, $500, or $1500 goes to supporting the creation of world-class art, produced through an inspiring and authentic process that touches the artists, audiences, and volunteers who experience it.

Gerard is just one of many people whose lives were touched by the Art Monastery in 2011.

 

Help us continue to inspire in 2012.

 

 

 

Photos by Eric Gray, visual art by Betsy McCall

Copyright © 2011  All rights reserved

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Bloomington,  IN  47401

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