Discover Your Best Self
"When Alice fell down the rabbit hole, she asked the Cheshire Cat, "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat. "I don't much care where . . ." said Alice. "Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat. " . . . so long as I get somewhere," Alice added as explanation. "Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough." - Author: Louis Carroll.
OH MY GOSH - I don't know about you as an artist, but I fight with this almost on a daily basis! Yes, I want . . . . (fill in the blank) and then, I would just head out there on my artistic path blind - taking no heed to what my dreams about art were.
WHY? You know, I really have no idea why we do this - fear maybe.
But last winter I tackled a small piece of this issue. I wrote an artist statement (with help from a pro of course - took a workshop at my local art league) and I am sort of, kindda maybe, heading in the right direction. No, I think yes, I am heading in the right direction. But progress is slow because there is so much 'other' life to be lived.
Let us take the time to sit down, and think about this . . . what do I want my artistic path to be? And then let us each figure out how to get there! Let's read articles from professionals who are doing what we want to do, read books, find a mentor (an on line mentor works!) and then write! Yes, write - scribble it (ohhh cute - that's part of my blog name!). Yes, let us have a dedicated note book (from the dollar store - or a fancy hoop la one), just write . . . write what? Write all our ideas, all our art dreams . . .
Maybe together we can make our dreams come true. Let's not be an Alice heading just out there . . . . .
