February 4,  2004

      Long day today.  In fact the whole week seems to be dragging by - thank gawd i am going to work from home on Friday.  At least i'll be able to stay in my pj's.  Well, lounge clothes, as Himself has an aversion to pj's.  And any clothes at all near a bed. *g*

      i started undoing buttons as i was reading my email and it was feeling so good to start shedding work clothes that i decided to be silly and take a pic of buttons undone.  see here

      Exciting eh?  That's what happens when i discover the joys of digital cameras.  i'll get over it.  Hopefully.

      So i think i may take my friend's suggestion and try to sketch body parts tonight.  It should be an interesting endeavor at least, and i even purchased a small mirror from the dollar store, so that i will be forced to draw only the part that is reflected.  

      He and i were speaking earlier and he said something that i thought was really inspiring and i asked permission to quote him.

i've come to kind of a realization i think... almost a revelation but not quite.

in order to do something truly unique and your own, you have to let go and forget about everyone and everything else. you have to not worry about if it's going to look right or wrong, perfect or horrible. try things and push things to the limit and don't take no, or you can't do that as an answer... think outside the box, inside, and around it.

lol i just had to type it out so i could see it and reinforce the ideas...

      Then we continued to chat about what all that meant and he pffffttt'd at my declaration that i'm still convinced i'm not an artist at all - just an not-really-old-yet woman developing this nice little hobby.  i was starting to get concerned for his lips from the all the pfffftttt'ing after that statement.  Then he sent this:

if you don't believe something, say it out loud

other people hear it and start to believe it

after awhile it becomes almost a matter of fact

then you can start to believe it.

      Hmm.  Not a bad idea.  So basically if you believe you are something, and you make sure people hear it, then eventually it becomes true.  And i should just ignore those people that i think are 'real' artists and make judgments about my work ... because it is my work.  i should learn from them only, but not allow myself to feel overwhelmed by their years of experience. 

      So here's the new chant:

if you want to be an artist

if you think you're an artist

if you feel like you are an artist

you are one, plain and simple

       Heh.  Pep talk over.  Well except for one thing - i promised i would say that i'm an artist.

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