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Zuzu - 2006-06-09 00:05:20
Oh pumpkin.. boo! Feel inspired, motivated and even only half as brilliant as I think you are and you'll be just fine. Do, do, do!!! do be do be do. Be. - Zu
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katzendreck(Pfirsich) - 2006-06-09 09:44:06
"Not painting for other�s approval"-that always sounds valid,of course.But what it turns out to is that you are paiting with having in mind "I won�t show this to anyone anyway" and that is how it�s not getting something equal to you.That is how your work will become "hidden",you know:the image,the message will become cloaked.For noone to see! I think you aren�t doing yourself a favor when you�re saying:I don�t paint for others to see it anyway.You think it saves you,cause like this noone can hurt you.But you can�t reach noone either.And the sad thing is it will deface and defigure your art.---Imagine you�re a comdedian.So you think up jokes,but you plan to never tell them.You know,you have thought them up with the purpose in mind already not to tell them.--Or it�s like buying a dress or clothes that you will NEVER wear in public.Do you see how the purpose gets lost? And imagine those clothes. Probably they will be some that you CAN�T show in public. And it�s the same concept you are doing to your art when you say it�s created in order not to show. Do you get that hitch?
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katzendreck(Pfirsich) - 2006-06-09 09:44:40
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x-plicity - 2006-06-09 09:46:02
I've been in the place where you are in now. Just don't doubt that you are extremely gifted. Once you go down the road of self-doubt things begin to get really ugly. When was the last time you painted for fun? *hugs* X
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flying-kiwi - 2006-06-09 17:38:35
Well, not being a painter I can't say "Oooh I so relate, 'cos I can't, but I get the hermit thing. There's nothing wrong with dabbling...sometimes dabbling in one thing can join up with another previous dabble thing and then you have a whole new thing. Sort of thing... xox
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