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I am an artist, not a writer. My Intent is not to educate, enlighten or inspire but rather to clarify my motivations to myself. I find that when I write down the thoughts and reasons that I take certain paths, it helps me to avoid repeating the same mistakes over and over again. Let's face it, authentic work evolves through a series of mistakes, lessons learned and options eliminated.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Gaining Confidence in Your Art


     I find myself believing that the current piece I am working on defines my art and my abilities. In reality, I know that one piece is just a step in the evolution, forward or backward, and cannot speak for an entire body of work. Over time, I have gained faith that my vision will return and cancel any doubt that a difficult piece may foster. This is a lesson that was hard to learn as struggles and failures caused debilitating self doubt to interfere with my progress. I would complete a satisfying painting and have a great nights sleep only to awaken the next morning to see the piece anew and wonder what in the world I was thinking! Every artist I have ever spoken with has had to deal with failure and self-doubt. It is part of the process of evolution, learn from it and move on.  At least you are finding out what doesn't work! 

2 comments:

  1. Great thoughts, Bill. So encouraging to know others have the same experiences. We really are all in this together. I so appreciate your wisdom. Thank you for putting yourself out there.

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    1. Thanks a bunch Marianne, I appreciate your thoughts. By the way,I wanted to make you aware that I am going to be on "Good Morning Texas" this Thursday the 25th at 9AM on channel 8. I will give a demo. Hope you can watch.

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