I found out a long time ago that I respond to positive
words. As a matter of fact, I can be
destroyed by enough negative words that I feel crushed and heavy for months
afterward. Positive words are so much a
key to my existence that I keep lists of positive sayings and even write
positive things for myself to read in my sketch book. I think a lot of artists are like that. We need encouragement, nurture and positivity
to keep us going.
Begin doing what you want to do now.
We are not living in eternity.
We have only this moment,
Sparkling like a star in our hand-
And melting like a snowflake.
I would suggest keeping an ongoing list of positive sayings
and quotations like I do. Read them
everyday. Tell yourself that you are
worthy and then start your day. Tell
yourself that you make a difference and the world without you would be a world diminished. Make goals for yourself not just for the year,
but for each month, each week, each day.
My goal today is to work on my projects.
I have several in the works because I know that they will take time to
complete and therefore when I work even a few minutes on each, I feel I have
accomplished something worthwhile that day.
Tell me,
What is it you plan to do with
Your one wild and precious life?
-- Dreama Tolle Perry
Recently I finished creating some patterns for these little
paper model houses that I have been working on for some time. I feel so accomplished to have them ready
before the school year begins. I wanted
to make them available to teachers and educators for classroom projects to
enhance art, geometry, construction and geography. Here are a few photos of the finished
models. They can be found at my Etsy page
at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DancingPaintbrushCo/
Please feel free to view them and
leave comments.
“The purpose of life
is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate,
to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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