“the artist never entirely knows. we guess. we may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.” ~agnes de mille
i don’t know where i’m going, and i only think i know where i’ve been. this is scary stuff, this making of a life. the only real guidebook i have to go by is the invisible yes of the Holy Spirit, guiding me, calling me forth. here, on the verge of going public with these growing mixed-media passions, my fears shout out to me: “don’t try!” they say and, “this will never work! no one will like your stuff!” and, “you can only do this one thing now, you are committed and you can never change your mind about your artistic direction!”
and the truth is, who the heck knows if it will “work” or not?! i surely don’t, and i won’t know if i don’t try. in the meanwhile, i am learning to trust that my best chance at making this life a full-time endeavor is to start with being real and making things i love, trusting that as i step out into life, God will indeed direct my path. that’s really all a girl can do.
(well, that, and eat lots and lots and lots of chocolate and other assorted sweets. ;)
hugs,
