Bless Us, O Lord, and These Thy Gifts

'You say grace before meals. All right. 

But I say grace before the concert and the opera, 

and grace before the play and pantomime, 

and grace before I open a book, and grace 

before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, 

boxing, walking, playing, dancing; 

and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.

GK Chesterton

Painting at top: Josef Wagner-Höhenberg Lesender, Mönch
Painting at bottom: Caillebotte, Jeune homme au piano