First Light    Oil on Canvas, 30" x 40" x 1.5"   Sold

Kronos vs. Kairos

By Rick Fleury

Time, as we know it. Kronos. Time of day, time of year, the hour, the month, the minutes, the seconds. Our
watches constantly remind us of kronos time.

Kairos time is something different. It is that ethereal time which passes without notice. It is sacred time, or
God’s time.

Such is the time I strive for at the easel — getting lost in the moment so deeply that the awareness of time
falls away, and the importance of the moment becomes paramount. Getting lost in that moment, while
getting lost in one’s work, one enters into Kairos time.

There is something sacred in becoming “one” with my work, to be transported back to the time and place
I am capturing on canvas. It is an absolutely singular, solitary place in time, and space. Stopped, as far as I
can tell. In this moment of creation, absorbed by music, moving my brushes and colors in the natural rhythm
of nature, going with the natural flow of water and sky, I am transported to another realm. A realm of my own
making, a realm of my own discovery.

It is my time. God’s time. Sacred time.

How long does it take to complete a painting? There is no answer.
The sublime time of kairos simply cannot be measured.