Life is an art, not a science.
There's no formula for figuring out what you
should do. Yeah, you have to experiment, but you don't have a
nice little lab report with your purpose and procedure. There's
no controlled variable, nothing is for sure. You figure out what
you want your picture to end up looking like. You have to decide
where to start, and put down the first brushstroke. At first,
it's not gonna look like much. It's going to take you a long time
to believe that it is something beautiful. Some days you'll love
it, some days you'll hate it. Some days you'll just want to
crumple it up and be done. But you don't, because when you finish
the painting, it will all be worthwhile. Sometimes, you might
mess up the picture. It could be a big spill or a little drop.
You might be able to hide it, or you might just have to adapt the
final picture to include that blemish. Maybe you'll regret having
to change it, but it will be fine in the end. People are going to
look at your picture and say it looks bad. They won't all
understand it. But some will. They will appreciate it for all its
color and beauty and potential. The thing is, even if someone
else loves your picture, you can't let them finish it. Because it
is yours. They can admire it, they can even help you paint it,
but in the end, it is your picture. Yours to design, yours to
create, yours to ruin, yours to repair. And no matter what, if
you work hard, by the time you are done, you will have the most
amazing, beautiful, one of a kind picture.
Because you are the
artist.
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KeepTheMemoriesAndNeverForget · 1 decade ago
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I. Love. This.