I don’t take my art seriously. Part of me hopes I never do. I want to always Paint with freedom. I want to always paint with the torch that lights up whenever I paint. I was watching Simone Biles on TV. She is amazing. Afterward, she was asked, “Do you ever get bored?” And I said NO, how can you get bored. Simone of course agreed.

Art is my passion, my voice. It is what I do. There is no button. I never shut that part of me off. Sometimes I can’t spend the time I want to spend on painting. I can paint all day every day. There is no taking my art seriously in this sense. Art is just, for me.

Oh, but there is a side to being proud of your art. Showing your work. I get compliments on my work. Thank you! What do I do? I shyly questioned, and said it was no Big Deal. I draw all the time.

My work is a big deal! I make room in my budget to buy supplies. Oh, that gives me a t-shirt idea! I paint the way nature makes me feel. Art has always been my life. I can never pick up a paintbrush again. Yet art is right here in the colors I see. I want more than anything to run a full-time art business.

I want to wake up every morning. Put on a cup of tea, have breakfast, get dressed, and walk to my studio room. It overlooks a garden, my garden of inspiration. There I sit painting for as long as the ideas want me to. I can choose my schedule. Visiting gardens is part of my process. Yes! I admit that I am currently doing all of the above with a few exceptions.

Why do I shy away from compliments? I am always loving other artists’ work. I should speak words of abundance. I have brilliant ideas? Where are most of those ideas?

Again thank you for your kind feedback.

Siempre,

Mireya