Just a thought

I have come to realize fear is an emotion we all experience at some point in our lives. The problem is when fear traps us into mental paralysis. Fear breeds excuses and adopts a belief of doubt. When making important decisions fear can keep us from doing what our heart desires and what our spirit expects. When business is slow the natural feeling of fear can become overwhelming, the thought of not having sales results in a lack of confidence in your work. If you were an art collector would you want to invest in someone who lacks confidence in their passion and gift? What would happen in your art career and life for that matter if you replaced fear with faith? There are so many attributes about your personality, artistry, and blessings surrounding your life that can replace the worry and fright associated with fear. As an artist it is part of your job to help others envision what you believe to be true in your mind, right or wrong the need to express a thought, idea, or image is what breathes life into your art work to come alive. The bottom line is that customers buy into hope, change, beauty and a lifestyle of both truth and bullsh!t but not fear. Yes bullsh!t sells because people are clones and like for others to tell them what they want and what they should love despite intuition and every thing in their being repeatedly shouting “this is some bullsh!t”. When fear is exploited instead of experienced, explored and fully understood chaos ensues; the mind begins to wonder into places where positivity and optimism aren't welcomed. Don’t be afraid to welcome with open arms everything positive and optimistic about the possibilities found in your art work, this in turn produces opportunities and allows your mind to wonder in an imagination that supersedes the risk of uncertainties. When faith is tested and you answer with fear failure is close by, the success is in learning how to make corrections and perfecting your creative process. People relate to imperfections and failures in what we call struggles, the struggle and victory is relating to people, for this reason we can compare our similarities and learn from our differences as opposed to being indifferent based on our fears. Fear is not the new faith, fear is an old lie.