Day 23 of Year 2
So today I had someone advise me to stop writing posts with my images. They had never looked at my work, they just thought writing about art is boring. I was irritated, I won't lie. ☺️ You have to develop a strong backbone to be an artist in the world. So many opinions, most from a place of trying to help, but some that try to pull you down and control. I planned to make a piece titled "the artist stands up for themself", but as you can see the ink and the Artist (with a capital A) had other plans. The artist (with a small a), that's me, had no choice but to follow along. Some images are instructions to the artist. This one is demonstrating a place of peace and emptiness that comes from detachment. Art is a calling and I do what I must. Once a finished piece leaves my hands though, my job is done. The world is encouraged to have it's opinions, but an artist must hold the space for more work to flow through and not get distracted by the judgments of others. xoxo