I WON'T GIVE UP! I WILL NOT FAIL TO EXPLORE! For every opportunity that you find yourself beginning to bail out on, you must take on double-fold.
I WILL NOT ANALYZE! There's something to be said of the initial action of impulse. Don't think that it's not worthy of making. Don't eliminate what hasn't even been finished.
I WILL NOT STOP MAKING! It's easy to lay down the hands when you get that instant pang of 'i don't really feel like doing this'. Don't listen to the mania.
I WILL NOT STOP EXPERIENCING! Ignore impulses to numb the body against your state of being. Reach out and absorb the here and now. That moment won't show its face ever again. Learn, feel, fall in love, abhor. Once you do this, you've become fully alive.
I WILL NOT DOUBT MYSELF! There's a reason the spark has been ignited! Whether or not it will be the most successful operation is not the point. Investigate!
I WILL NOT FEAR FAILURE! Why fear it, especially when it can be your fuel? Failure can be the best teacher. View it as a harbinger of lessons to be learned.
I WILL NOT DISCLAIM! Accept every fiber of your being. It is your makeup. It is the fundamental truth to your creations. Reveal it! No sense in hiding what truly motivates you.
I WILL NOT FORGET! Don't forget the things that have happened to make you who you are. Reference them. Nurture them. They may hurt at times but it is healthy and will help you draw nigh to a higher realm of existence.
Make... make... make... make...
Push... push... push...
Absorb... absorb...
Soak...........................................................................................................................
It is great that there is so much exclamation in your posting. It's almost like you are screaming (exclaiming to yourself). They also seem like bold promises to yourself - not meek.
ReplyDeleteYou are so wise in this post, Jess(e).
I agree with Carole.
ReplyDeleteThis is your reving your engine, getting ready for battle, putting on your game face. Making art can be a battle. It's a combination of your unconscience being reveiled and your conscience making decisions about it. We are always looking at our work with some what of an editing eye. It's hard to ignor it, but sometimes that makes the best art. That's when the boxing gloves come on.
I think this "I will not" idea is hard for me, because I immediately want to challenge any rules. "I will not make any rules" makes me want to structure things. I dont know. So this might be sweet and short, but: I like this. I'd print it out all pretty like and put it on my inspiration wall and like to look at it all day like.
ReplyDeleteMhm, it's true.
p.s. this also makes me want to say things such as "you go girl" and that's strange, but really good.
you guyszzzz are great! that's another proclamation i meant to make
ReplyDeleteDid you write this?! love it
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