I’ve worked diligently for over 25 years to maintain the identity of an unknown, obscure artist, rather than letting him die a sweet, quiet death, or to try in earnest to see if I might be an artist nobody likes—or, maybe to find there are many, many who do like him.
Tag: life
You have the ability to keep yourself small, afraid, stuck, and an actual victim of your reality—your circumstances. Amazing, isn’t it?
I think the idea of “vision” needs examining and expansion. There are two ways that come to mind in which these ideals emerge in our lives, and it’s worth contemplating.
There’s a reason we have a dream as a child. We are born with a vision, and we arrive complete with everything we’ll need to accomplish it. It may not initially be clear, but it will always emerge. If our needs are met, we can pursue these desires and ideals in earnest. Yet, this is where most of us will get hung up.
The people around us are always able to reflect the divisive aspects of our identities and, most often, the things we are struggling with.