Really beautiful writing, thank you. I've shared it with a couple of my artist friends, both of whom loved it as much as I did.
After art school I channelled my creativity into graphic design, fashion design, packaging design, art direction...and nowadays into the written word. I love what I do, and like you, I live for those moments of flow...but by bending my creative impulse to fit into a career arc, I know I've robbed myself of art and craft that is created entirely out of my own unedited truth. And I yearn for that. Thanks again for verbalizing it so well. A delightful surprise in my inbox. xx
Amazing story, isnt it incredible where life takes us? An old fellow in our village would oft remark - if you knew at the beginning how challenging something would be, you'd never do it! Our naivety, blind courage and faith takes us places we might have only dreamt of if we knew the reality of it at the outset. Thanks for sharing ❤️
Lovely read! This is such an important lesson, one that can be applied to any of our passions. We all want to do what we love for a living, but in some aspects it is impossible to LOVE all that we do and make it our living.
Really beautiful writing, thank you. I've shared it with a couple of my artist friends, both of whom loved it as much as I did.
After art school I channelled my creativity into graphic design, fashion design, packaging design, art direction...and nowadays into the written word. I love what I do, and like you, I live for those moments of flow...but by bending my creative impulse to fit into a career arc, I know I've robbed myself of art and craft that is created entirely out of my own unedited truth. And I yearn for that. Thanks again for verbalizing it so well. A delightful surprise in my inbox. xx
Amazing story, isnt it incredible where life takes us? An old fellow in our village would oft remark - if you knew at the beginning how challenging something would be, you'd never do it! Our naivety, blind courage and faith takes us places we might have only dreamt of if we knew the reality of it at the outset. Thanks for sharing ❤️
Lovely read! This is such an important lesson, one that can be applied to any of our passions. We all want to do what we love for a living, but in some aspects it is impossible to LOVE all that we do and make it our living.