Being an artist

Being an artist is all about failure management.

Pain management.

Acceptance that we will almost never put on the page the true glory we see so vividly in our mind.

Success can feel like the legend that no one has actually seen.

But sitting down, putting pencil, ink, paint to surface, is THE accomplishment.

To sit down and even attempt the seemingly fruitless act…

To forever push your understanding of medium and self…

To squeeze every drop of possibility from this lemon existence…

If for no other reason than to understand.f for no other reason than to understand.