confidence

We've all had our share of people who question what we do, or why we do it.

We've all seen those strange looks

after we tell them we are artists

as if part of the sentence is missing.

I used to think that art was just for fun.

That the only purpose for art was to make things more beautiful.

This may be true,

but I now know that art is so much more.

It is beauty,

and therapy,

and a way to communicate.

It is the telling of stories

and the sharing of cultures

through image and colour

and composition.

It is emotion expressed.

It is a way out of the darkness.

It heals

and cries

and sets fire to the soul.

It is a beacon

for those who are lost

and home

for those who are found.

It is truth

because it is essentially 

from the heart.

So for all of you out there

who yearn to create or write or sing or play...

and feel somehow intimidated

or shamed

or not "good enough"

Go ahead.

Let it go and make art.

Don't let anyone (or anything) stand in your way.

xoxo