. . . . . continued
I humbly plead, admit, that yes, I thought I was special, somehow, that I was going to be some kind of star. To tell the absolute truth, that insidious and misleading feeling still persists at some level, despite my attempts to root it out. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve [...]
Posts Tagged ‘failure’
Confessions of an Egomaniac, Pt. 2
Posted in Thinking Things Through, tagged failure, happiness, success on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Side-Benefit of Procrastination
Posted in Thinking Things Through, tagged anne truitt, failure, fear, happiness on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I understand the blessing of laughter better than I used to, having — I hope — outlasted some of the portentous solemnity to which, when I am tired or frightened or insecure, I am sadly prone. A light heart has more virtue than romantic agony.
— Anne Truitt
It is easy to be heavy: hard to be [...]
Support Systems
Posted in Life, In & Out of the Studio, tagged doubt, failure, fear on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard to write about an inevitable part of artistic life without sounding like a self-obsessed whiner. But the truth is I’ve not been posting much lately because I’ve been in a bit of a hole. I wrote in an earlier post something about the act of painting being like skating out over a chasm [...]
Coping with the Daily Possibility of Complete & Utter Failure
Posted in Work in Progress, tagged "Lead Balloon", failure on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So here is the other head-interior-portrait painting. And let me tell you. It is not pretty. I kind of agonized over even posting this, but transparency won out. I can’t only show you the things in process that are lookin’ good. Because, um, more often then not, things in process can look, well, bad. And [...]
