what i’ve learnt
The list below pertains to my learning as an artist - I trust it may offer an insight to my direction
- I must have a vision for my art
- I must have annual plans for the vision (I have a twenty-one year plan)
- Use others I respect for their input to the plan
- Only focus on the end result
- Ask friends and family to check on me regularly to make sure I am obtaining the results
- To think as big as I can, never wait for the right time
- Surround myself with people that support me, avoid those who don't
- Have a unique style
- Have unique features within the unique style
- Originality can not always be fashionable
- Take action everyday
- Include my family
- Never ever give up
- If I play at genius I can become it
- My vision is my greatest asset
- Do not paint - create
- Start by doing it wrong
- Being honest means not getting in the way of the work's manifestation onto the canvas
- If I can improve at a rate of 10% per painting that equates to 125,278% better after 100 pieces - looking for 10% is the blast
- Aim beyond what I see my capability. Must develop a complete disregard for where my abilities end, doing what I am incapable of
- Knowledge comes from the past, so it is safe. It is also out of date. It is the opposite of originality. Experience is the opposite of being creative
- Risks are a measure of myself
- Do the opposite of what the solution requires
- Not to seek praise, seeking criticism may introduce new ideas
- Give away everything I know, this makes me more aware to replenish
- Imagination is more important than any other trait for my work and such an easy skill to develop. Never look where you think you should, creation of a new idea is simply combining two or more existing concepts together. A new idea can be either unfamiliar, silly or both
- I must lead with ideas, not follow others
- Never be content, I will always desire greater
- It is not about what I can do - it is what I will do
- When I get to my creative zone, it is as time allows a reversal of it's self and grants a view of the result
- I can learn at what ever pace I set my mind to, big steps are the same state of mind as small
- Talent helps, but it will not take me as far as my ambition
- Persistence, persistence, persistence
- THERE ARE NO EXCUSES
- How grateful and indebted I am for those who purchase my work which in turn allows me to continue creating these pieces
- All I need I have within me
- To extend upon the previous work, instead of looking for new direction
- The power of building blocks for future credibility/ awareness
- The exposure of art competitions
- How in tune I become when focused
- The power of programming by mind first thing in the morning
- I have to be committed 24 hours per day
- Feeling success before it's manifestation
- With marketing the need "for an angle"
- That time is not linear, that I can be part of the whole
- 6 days per week, exercise, meditate and eat appropriately for energy
- Have a spiritual mastermind group (using floatation chamber)
- Start by being wrong and new ideas appear
- When things seem under control, I am not pushing myself enough
- How I love the pieces where I do not know if they are stupid or brilliant
- Ask a higher level of question of myself to receive a higher level of answer
- To embrace the unknown