68-12"I know that now there is a shortage of hands in our Seattle center, so hy not remain there to help out Upendra and the others. Also your services to attract brahmacarinis will be very valuable in Seattle. I know that you are a very nice artist even without the guidance of Jadurani, so for the time being you should remain in Seattle and paint independently. You should work to paint very quickly and very beautifully because we have need of such talented artists. When Jadurani first began to paint she was slow, but now that she has practiced she has become very expert and quick. So this practice is what will improve all areas of your already very nice art work. [TEXT MISSING] size, that is very good idea.

You have got some poetic sense also, and all these talents, the artistic sense and the poetic sense, can be engaged in the service of Krsna. All devotees are more or less poets. Out of 26 qualifications of a perfect devotee one is poetic sense. So we can write so many poetries in praise of the Lord, or about His pastimes. Similarly, we can draw so many nice pictures about His different activities, and such engagements will give us chance to elevate ourselves to the perfectional platform of spiritual understanding."
(SPL to Joy Fulcher, 12th December, 1968)