Govinda: Srila Prabhupada knew that we were art students and he immediately engaged us as artists. His very first project was to have me paint a four-foot-by-four-foot painting of Radha-Krishna from the cover of his Srimad-Bhagavatam. Then he had me paint a four-foot-by-three-foot painting of him sitting on the vyasasana with a painting of Lord Chaitanya dancing in a sankirtan party hanging behind him, and specifically with Lord Chaitanya’s foot touching his head. What I found so significant in this is that Srila Prabhupada engaged people in the work for which they had a natural propensity. Since the people already had an inclination to work in this particular way, doing that same work for Krishna gave them a taste for devotional service.
Reference: Remembrances by Sidhanta Das- Folio Vedabase
