27/05/2023
Sometimes you need to take long breaks, and thatās okay.
Sometimes you might think your work isnāt working, and thatās okay.
Sometimes you need rest, and thatās okay.
Sometimes you may feel your art is unworthy, and thatās okay. (Although I hope you find your way back to worthiness soon).
Sometimes the hill feels too big to climb, and thatās okay. Rest a while.
Sometimes you feel inspired - and thatās okay.
Sometimes you see the pieces starting to fit together, and thatās okay, too.
Sometimes you wish you hadnāt taken such a long break, but enjoyed your art instead, and THATāS okay, as well.
We are each unique flowers blossoming at different rates - with different codes and patterns unfurling in their own time, with sovereignty over the messages intrinsic to us that we want to shareā¦
Sometimes you need your mum to say: āI think this is worthwhile, and not a crock of sh*t.ā And sometimes itās nice to wish that the phrase āIām an artistā isnāt tied up with shame around how little of an artist youāve been.
I found art in the garden - in the way that I applied lip liner - in my poetry. In the keys of my piano and the packing of a Sunday picnic bag for two. I found it in the practice of being joyful. In the watching of the world.
In the being present. In the being lonely. In the ābeingā of me.
I didnāt have the soul nourishment or the wherewithal to make ābigā art. I didnāt have the strength to push. Simply breathe through the discomfort of existence.
But these little tiny moments do make me feel alive. And I love brushing up against the tendrils and ideas that a past me has planted.
For you, I hope some time, today, this hour, or this lifetime, you believe in the artist inside of you, in any way they choose to be expressed, as well. š x
- Lulibird š¤