Seek Opportunities To Grow

Have the mindset of where can I help others and see door ways into where you see yourself in. This world is so much smaller than you think. You never know who you are talking to and or someone who knows well known individuals who could potentially help you in what you are doing. Dig as much as you can until you reach your desired result in doing what you seek to obtain. Be kind to everyone as much as possible,even in the most challenging situations. Sometimes others could be just testing you to see what your limit is. Be patient with the doorways open.

Be Mentor To The Younger Generation

Recently I was working on my art, and a group of high schoolers came to the area I was in. There were three leaders in the group. One of the leaders asked, What is this? I said, this is my art based on encouragement, I am getting ready for a show. She said oh. This group is about high school students who have been bullied. I said to them I can understand since I was there.

 I told them a little bit of my family life so they could get a grasp in which I understand their situation. I shared a story about the work I was doing at the moment to give them a sense of encouragement in who they are. Perception place a huge part in how situations are received.  One of the leaders took a picture with me holding my work along with the students. I have thought about high school students from time to time since they are our future. We have to equip them the best we can in knowing what they can experience better even better then us.

I gave some pointers and examples in which could help the students to over come the bullying. Staying in smaller groups is easier to communicate and less stress. Plus it is more intimate on a personal group then having a giant group. Being by yourself it will been seen as easier to target then a group of people who are together. When you have someone who has been through what you are going through it is a whole different ball park then doing it all yourself.

Initiate The Connections - Offer First

The majority of the time, most people will not be the one to reach out to you. Find a connection you both will identify with and have this be a beginning of a relationship. Take time to get to know who they are and pet it unravel. Ask them,What are they looking for a solution. Listen closely and it will show itself. The more

Every Day Is New Start For You

At times you may feel starting again on your creative process isn't worth it. Ask yourself, Is this going to benefit my mental, spiritual, physical, creative health? No matter if it has been decades, years, or even months, you owe it to yourself to start again. Having the momentum in all aspects creates a sense of well being since you can visually see the progress. Over the years you will see how the work you have done has shifted. In your mind, it might be saying to give up. However, you have to ask yourself what is the main outcome of me giving up? Do you want to look at your life and reflect back in regret in wishing you would or looking back at the end of your life in gratification and meaningful action.

Produce Only Quality In Your Art

When you create your art, only put your best into it. First and the lasting impression is so important. You want collectors, and potiential collectors to have trust,and belief in what you do in the symbolism of your work. When I look at paintings, I see how the edges aren't painted. I think to myself why do it half way when you need to be going all out. Remember your collector is the one who is going to live with your work day in and day out to enjoy for the rest of their life. Don't you think you owe it to yourself and your collectors to put into your work? This is your signature and legacy.

Make A Priority To Get Enough Rest And Sleep

Getting enough sleep makes a huge difference in day to day life. Having quality sleep means you will be able to function so much better, have more energy, better focus, and taking care of yourself. I learned the hard way. Even in your younger years you may be able to get away with little sleep. In due time it will catch up to you. I am saying this because I want you to be and feel your best. When you are able to focus, have more endurance, and functional mentally much better, the quality of your life will go up because you see and feel the big difference over the long term.

The same goes with creating art. With having a sound mind and endurance to create. What you do create will be much better since your attention to detail will improve and you will avoid major health issues related to not getting enough sleep. Take great care of yourself since it is the only body you will have for the rest of your life.

Your family And Friends May Be Against You

As an artist, creative, visionary, your family doesn't get the picture nor do they share what you believe is true in your own fate. When your family speaks they are voicing their views on how life should be, however it is up to you to make your own. The question is how are you going to create the emotion in your work by who you are and conveying it through your work. The average person is having the employee mentality and hourly wage. With the artist as an creative entrepreneur, they have the mindset of leverage and having a team to do work with since there is only is only so much time in the day. By having a team you will accomplish much more in the same time. Choose to be around like minded people such as yourself who here to build instead of being destructive.

Base Your Art On Emotion

The human emotion is what connects us all. The connecting memories it brings is what drives the value up. You want to create art in which is timelessly iconic. By working through your mental health your emotions will arise through the art being seen. By choosing a unique signiture of work you will become so much easier to be indentified by the world and collectors alike. Bring those who experience your art into a totally different space.

Take Ownership Of Your Actions

There are times of it is so easy to get angry yet you have to understand the consequences of your actions. Getting angry doesn't help the situation yet it seems so easy to do. The people who you love are more important and seek the solution so all of you can move on or at least move in progress. Is the anger you have worth going to jail for? No, why would you let them control you. Take control of your actions. Calm yourself down to have a better quality of life.

Becoming An Icon In The Art World

Do you desire to be one of the greatest artists of all time? Examine what topic are you focused on in your art and personally. The art is an extension of yourself as a mirroring image. Make connections with the higher up artists as friends. When you learn from them and what they do, you have hands on experience. There are a high percentage of artists who fail, however it doesn't have to be you. Study them and business as in the numbers to profit and sustain so you can keep on doing art as long as possible.

Develop A High Self Confidence

Believe in yourself and what you can accomplish. With this mentality of the starving artist, it is all in the mind. Why not look to people who are achieving where you want to be in, instead of only focusing on failure. How does it benefit you or anyone else to focus on the negative? It doesn't and you are wasting your invaluable time. Ask yourself, what are the defining moments in your life? Use those to create the expression from your subconscious. Dig deeper on what are you stuck on and work through it a little bit at a time. You will be surprised at how much you have emotionally and mentally evolved.

Perception Of High Value In Your Eyes

There are so many people who ask artists, how long did it take you to create this piece of art? What the real question needs to be how do I connect with image and how can I add this to my life. The artist only has the art for a short period of time compared to the collector. The art a collector collects is the extention of their personal story and legacy they want to leave. Art is an investment in their own self from the artist to the collector. The timeless peices are what counts since they are valid for all the time of earth exists.

Maintain All You Have

By taking care of everything you have including material possessions and all else, your mental state will acquire a sense of responsiblity and ownership. By erasing victimhood, your life shifts into a powerful mode. When you see things are being taken care of there is a sense of gratification over all. Even with chipping away if you have let things go, knowing you are in the process encourages you to go further. The fact of you knowing you are going in the way you desire, pushes you want to do more, rather then being stuck.

Presenting A New Experience

The iconic artists bring a whole new experience in their own special way throughout history. This is the frame of mind I bring with the work I do. By separating ourselves from the day to day grind and look at life as a whole and what it means is the experience art brings. My objective is to bring you to an other world experience yet in a relatable connection. By choosing to be your unique self, no one can take your place. It takes time to develop. For myself it took decades of work and refinement not only the physical work, the mental process to bring the final result being seen. There is more work to create art then only just the physical reformation. The process and mental channeling is what matters as a whole in the what the artist means and shown as the whole piece of their work as a piece in the life long puzzle as one. Through the work I create, I am here to encourage you where you are in your life.

Keep On Experimenting In What Works and What doesn't

The first artist group I started failed. I am fine with this, I didn't take it personally. When one thing doesn't work, keep on working through it to see what does. Be strong in your vision and what you see as what is going to happen for the long term. Get constructive feedback to improve yet pick and choose what is best. Make what you have dynamic and multi dementional. Ask for others to join in who are committed. Anything great, you must work in numbers of people to accomplish more since your energy is condensed instead of doing everything on your own. You only have so much time and resources to do what is needed. Think of it as a team in which works together with everyone benefiting. When others see theirself benefiting and florishing the whole picture shifts.

Time To Shed

Take time to shed what doesn't serve you for what does. Ask yourself does what I am doing benefit yourself and or others? Make a list of what is on your mind to be able to visibly see it, then go over the list in a quiet area and honestly ask yourself, do this bring energy to you? In honing your mind the results and happiness you are looking for will be come sooner then you think.  The same goes with if you have too many things in your living and work space. Are you going to really use everything you have in your space and if you haven't used it in a year, it is time to get rid of it. Having a clean and organized space clears space mentally and physically so you can get more clear mind.

Set Your Mind To Obtaining All You Desire

The mentality of lack and not having or I can't afford which ever you need is plaguing the world. Why not taking time to understand and see where we are and how to change in order to have a better quality life. Take the time to find the sources of where you are stuck and or the triggers. Once you understand to the triggers you can heal and overcome your situation. Forgiving is worth it for you. The weight you have on your mind will lift and your life will shift completely.

The Mindset Of The Artist

Have you ever thought about the artist when they created the work you see in front of you? Picture yourself as the artist, in their period of time and frame of mind creating art. It gives you a deeper sense of who they are through the influences they have. Open your mind to seeing their whole life as your own. It is brings a whole new perspective. Seeing how much work the artists put into their art, can be mindbloggling in how much time, effort, dedication, and money by creating a piece of them from the perspective of making a piece of them for the world to experience. The dedication to create takes much energy, focus, stamina, mental sharpness to give the final result you see in front of you.The greatest part of art is in which it will be here for hundreds of years as icons compared to the day to day life. It is becomes nearly immortal.

Pick And Choose Your Right Influences

Choose wisely in who you listen to. When others give you criticism ask yourself is this constructive criticism? I have a friend of mine who is very blunt and to the point. You have to look at the person as a whole not in a judgemental point of view. It is the point of view of are they here to help you? You have to pick and choice what you want to apply in your life. Those who expand your mind to have a bigger imagination are the ones who you want to be around. When they are here to see you grow no matter if it depends on their outcome are the right people to be around.

Bring Peace To Your Mental Environment

Sitting down, and actually taking inventory of your life by quieting all the racket/noise will change your life.Your intuition will grow when start listening to the your body and the inner world around you. The physical world is only a small part of what you see. There is much more then what is seen with the average day to day eye. Aligning yourself with peace flows so much easier instead of going against the grain.

This applies within the message of art. When you let your imagination flow, it is like a giant dam filled with ideas. When you choose to be quiet to open the floodgates, it will become the answer you have been looking for.

Be Good To Others

Treat others as you want to be treated. Set the example in action. What you sow you will reap. In this small world, everything comes back around. Tell others you can see them achieving more and listen to their abilities. Sometimes it can be right in front of them and they don't see it. Think of more ways to help others within what they love doing. You will create respect from them because you see more in them then they see in theirself. Just honestly listening seems to be rare in this period of time in when we have this microwave mentality. With all things such as the belief in others it takes time in getting to know them and pulling out the best sides in a natural way. Start this today and your life will create a new chapter.

What Drives You?

Dig deep with yourself. Use your pain and pleasure to help others. I was talking to this guy today who still held a grudge against his mother for giving up him and his siblings. I personally have dealt with unforginess with my parents. You can let pain destroy you or forgive and be stronger over time because of it.

Discovering who you are will take work and dedication over time through a lifetime of experiences. Adjusting your to get the right outcome is something we all have to do. I recommend doing the death meditation to re-evaluate your real values at the end of the day. Once you look at time and how much you have left your view will shift into a whole different direction.

Ask yourself, Is the pain really worth the lifetime of torture and knowing the person has the control over you? Or are you going to choose to forgive them to become a much happier person.

It all comes down to what are your personal values. What does life mean to you? How you can make the most of each day?

Decide To Create Iconic Symbols

When I first started out in doing art I was afraid of what others would think so I tried to fit into what people wanted to see. I wasn't happy creating this on canvas in the way I thought it would go.

When I started to reach out and extend myself, the happiness came because I decided to be want I could see myself doing. From there, I got more momentum. When you look at all of the iconic artists through out time, they have an iconic signiture as their work. Why not be yourself in your own way instead of only blending in with all of others who are just trying to sell work instead of making a deeper long last connection. Don't go by trends because you business will be in and out. You are here for the long term and here to stay.

Take Care Of Your Body - Your Body Will Take Care Of You.

The better you take care of your body the better you will feel in the long run. I suggest you research your genetics and also get in tune with your body in how it feels. When you know your body it will help you to live longer and have more energy for the long run.

Everyone has made mistakes in treating their body including not getting enough sleep, not drinking enough water, drinking too much caffeine which will eventually burn out the adrenaline glands. I learned this the hard way. Look at as the long term investment in yourself. The more put into your  body now, the less you will have to be in the hospital. Doesn't feeling good mean the most to you? As you get older you will be glad to did it. Whichever issues you haven't taken care early on, the larger it will become as you get older. Why not take care of yourself now so you can enjoy the life you have.

Prepare For Your Future - Feed Your Mind Positively

As you look at your current time, work on the direction you see yourself being. Be careful who you let yourself be influenced by. The better you take care of yourself, the better your can perform by feeling better. Move past the people who are jealous of what you have. Choose to feed your mind with the great messsages instead of listening to the television and radio. 98% of the media influence is negative. The influences you choose have a major effect on the choices you make. Build your mind and imagination since it is most powerful force known to mankind.

Reach Beyond Your Comfort Zone

There is a time and place for galleries however do you want to have 20% to 90% taken away when you can learn to do this for yourself. I was listening to an interview done by Ann Rea. She was talking to an artist who had 8 galleries making $200 a year, then all of a sudden 7 out of the 10 galleries went out of business. One of the galleries had $30,000 in her art at the closing of the gallery when they never owned the art. Take ownership, understand your mission, reach out and serve more your audience. The world needs you.