Category: Thoughts

Truth is complex. Truth is somewhat more abstract than we tend to think.

As a concept, it goes beyond simple facts or statements.

It can be influenced by perspective, context, and interpretation, making it more fluid than we care to admit.

There’s a concern about showing others your work.

On the one hand, sharing your work with trusted friends, mentors, or online communities can yield constructive criticism. And such feedback can help you identify areas for improvement and gain new perspectives.

Conversely, harsh or poorly delivered criticism can be hurtful and demotivating. It can make someone feel like their work is worthless and discourage them from trying again.

Ultimately, it’s a choice you must make when you’re ready to present your work (either in progress or finished) to others.

What do you want to achieve in life? What gives you the feeling of making a difference or leaving a mark.

Have you ever had those moments where you felt particularly driven or passionate about something?

That’s certainly a point on the compass. Are there more? Or is it that?

It’s a sudden thing, when one misfortune leads to more and more, until everything that can go wrong has, or at least it seems that way.

Try reshaping your thoughts. Yes, the bad outcome has occurred. But it doesn’t have to be the death knell that leads you further into the pit.

The world is awash in content, and creators, and consumers. What each of us are shifts constantly.

The problem then is, how do you stand out in your field?

Solve that, and success is yours.

The idea is to start with a challenge just within your reach. You want something that stretches you but doesn’t break you.

It’s about finding that sweet spot where the task is difficult enough to be engaging and rewarding, but not so much that it overwhelms you.

How does one find them, or are they you? Your community.

It isn’t like Harry Potter, or Percy Jackson, or Professor Xavier’s School, for Gifted Youngsters, or even as in the recent film I Saw the TV Glow.

Sure, certainly we long for someone like us to find us. That’s what we are in four. But, unfortunately, it isn’t likely will be found.

Not if we’re disguising our self.

You won’t be found, pretending to be like everyone else.

You can only be found when you display to the world who you really are.

We seem to still carry the concept of ‘artist as other’ mindset, yet the world doesn’t account for that mindset any longer.

The internet has opened it up, and the other of one community could be an entire community elsewhere.

Online.

Now it’s merely a matter of finding your community. 

Historically, artists weren’t revered. Certainly, there were exceptions. But the artists was an outsider.

An other.

The other is to be pitied. Or feared.

Not craftsmen. Those who created pottery or jewelry. Built temples. Carved statues.

But, artists, who tried to change the way people looked at things.

Because the artist saw things differently.

If I told you to do it, I’d better be prepared to do it myself.

Just put it on paper. Well, here’s this blog. It’s thoughts I have daily.

Just make it. Well, I’m working on it. Three films, a novel, two academic works, and more. I can’t say I don’t have something to do.

Just move on. It’s easy to carry the weight of mistakes we’ve made, are situations we’ve failed. But they exist, and are in the past. We can’t change them, but we can move on. So I’d better move on.