RE: Developing Your Art: Finding Time for Everything!
Again, a wonderful, beautifully written article that is both thoughtful and empowering <3 I love your posts so much, @alchemystones :) It is true that art is, for most of us, are not a feasible full time job, but that it is good to hear from someone like yourself who has sort of 'figure it out' with the time issue. You are right, of course, we have to make the effort to make time!
And that final section is so true, patience is key! There are devoted artists who never got quite where they want to be, even, but that they are fulfilled and they cultivate their senses and artistic journey with sincerity. Of course, it would be ideal if somehow our artistic journey can also bring us income :D :D :D
All in all, I have heard that arting is 99% perseverance and 1% talent, hahaha. Love this post so much!
Thank you for the nice words @veryspider, it's always great to have some outside perspective!
I know from the field of writing (and many years spent as a copywriter and technical writer) that is takes lots and lots and lots of perseverance to get from "idea" to "realization." And I remember well one of the professors for my creative writing classes in college saying that *"what it took" to become a published author wasn't "talent" but the ability to actually sit down and string together 75,000 words and then promote the hell out of those words to every publisher on the planet.
I enjoy what I am doing "for its own sake," but I also really like the idea of sharing with a greater audience.