Creating Our Own Validation
I happen to love getting awards...
Sometimes, I win them...
And sometimes the prize patrol drives right on by my booth...
And that’s ok because prizes aren’t a measuring tool how good of an artist I am.
You know what else isn’t a measuring tool for how good I am...
Shows I Get Accepted IntoGalleries I Get Shown By
Number of Paintings I Sell
What Critics Write About Me
How Much Money I Make
What My Mom Thinks
How Many Instagram Followers I Have
How Many People Open My Emails
What Other Artists Think About Me
What makes you a good artist are the things you think about yourself
when you are making your art, and showing your art, and selling your art.
Your thoughts determine HOW you create, what you create, and all the ways that you put your art into the world.
Why this matters is because we spend way too much time waiting for awards and critics and other artists to make us feel validated in what we do...instead of validating ourselves.
When we make it someone else job to validate us, we put our ability to achieve our dreams into someone else's hands.
We give away our power.
You don’t need awards...
You need to believe that you are the award.
You don’t need critics writing reviews about you...
write your own review of yourself...and make it magical.
You don’t need to be in high-end shows or galleries to be the best...
show up each day being the best, and they will come to you.You are amazing and magical and make the world a better place to live...
you make things come to life from ideas in your head.
You are an artist...a damn good one.
Happy Friday,Teresa
