An Artist's Curse I

In a society that enables artists to become businessmen, pressure and anxiety can darken the light of creativity. We thus need to let go of attachments to our thoughts, time and time again.
Art is to be felt, not conceptualized to an extreme. At least when it starts blossoming - with a seed of inspiration. Then, later down the road, business making can correlate with conceptualizing.

Remember to see instead of wanting to be seen. Remember to listen instead of wanting to be heard.
A mind free of noise and anxiety is a mind capable of absorbing ideas.
It’s of high importance, what an artist gives his attention to.

“We live in a world where everybody wants to get attention. Yet we are not focusing on is what we are giving attention to.” - Mark Nepo

While it is absolutely great to have goals and aspire improvement, these very things have the power to not make you joyful but miserable instead. Following this approach John Steinbeck stated “Now I don’t have to be perfect I can be good”.

I’ve thought about this statement for a while and found a mental treasure by adding. “…and now I don’t need to be good I can be free”.

Don’t get me wrong - I want to do good.
Yet, having fun and following intuition - or however you like naming it - is what comes first and foremost whenever I create. Being too focused on doing good creates a pressure that I struggle working with.

Then again, there are people thriving off this pressure.
I am, however, writing from my personal experience and hoping it relieves fellow artists struggling with similar issues. Find your tools, trust in them, trust in you and keep going.

Oh, the things I could have created if I wouldn’t have waited until I am good enough.

Start creating now.