Oh, I think we’ve all been there!
Mandy over at Messy Canvas has written a very entertaining post about the constant mental dialogue she has with her internal critic over whether she’s an artist or not:
“I think I would love to be an artist.”
“No, no you’re not artist material.”
“Well, that may be, but I would like to be one anyway.”
“You can’t be an artist, for a number of reasons: You can’t support yourself and be an artist. You can’t possibly take time away from all of life’s responsibilities to just sit and play with art. And you can’t just go around calling yourself an artist. You must be deemed one.”
“Hmmmm, I hadn’t thought of all that.”
“Yeah, I didn’t figure.”
“Did I mention that creating makes me come alive?”
“Did I mention that creating makes you go broke and is a silly waste of time?”
“Yes, yes, you did make that point. And I suppose it’s a good one.”
Thanks for capturing what most artists have faced.
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Posted by Usiku on August 22nd, 2007 @ 4:53 am
Thanks for capturing what most artists have faced.
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Posted by Usiku on August 22nd, 2007 @ 5:53 am
Hi Usiku, in case it wasn’t clear I was quoting Mandy from Messy Canvas, so kudos go to her not me.
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Posted by Kirsty Hall on August 22nd, 2007 @ 11:30 am
Hi Usiku, in case it wasn’t clear I was quoting Mandy from Messy Canvas, so kudos go to her not me.
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Posted by Kirsty on August 22nd, 2007 @ 12:30 pm
Thanks so much for posting this.
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Posted by Mandy on September 2nd, 2007 @ 11:18 pm
Thanks so much for posting this.
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Posted by Mandy on September 3rd, 2007 @ 12:18 am
You’re welcome Mandy, I hope you got a few extra visitors because of it.
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Posted by Kirsty Hall on September 5th, 2007 @ 11:34 am
You’re welcome Mandy, I hope you got a few extra visitors because of it.
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Posted by Kirsty on September 5th, 2007 @ 12:34 pm