Medal Art / Photography/Watercolors
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Kent, WA
United States
| Art evokes emotions….” But for me, as an artist, it is the opposite; I lose myself when I am creating. The stress of the day is gone, the world around me stops.
In the past when I finished a piece of “art” I waited for someone to tell me how wonderful it was. I thought it was great and I waited for validation. As I grew older I realized that even when someone told me that they liked what I had produced, I would hang my head and go into an “awe shucks” mode. Never taking the complement always finding a way to lessen what I did.
Then I realized that the easiest way for me to handle the compliment, or lack of compliments was to say “I do crafts, I am not an artist.” Art was nirvana, unattainable by someone like me. I was not worthy to be called an artist. Recently when I explained this concept to a friend whose opinion I value, he looked me in the eye and with a big grin said “how is that working for ya?” It was at that moment I realized if I didn’t think I was an artist, why should anyone else.... |
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