An Artist's Block Cleared Date Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 05:50 PM PST Topic Theories Sometimes the world spins in a circle, seeming to go too fast to keep up. Everything seems as though you get behind no matter what effort you are putting into it. However, then, when the moment arrives where everything hits you at once you stop. Everything calms and logic enters into it. You realize through all of your blocks of any type, they are all emotional. Sometimes that emotion is what drives you too far, too hard, and too fast. It is the ability to begin to let them out. Everything you have kept bottled for years, you let it out and your mind begins to clear. I am realizing there will always be Ideas for my Art, but no longer must I access them by becoming an emotional wreck. At one point in time I thought the emotional instability was what drove me onwards and thrust me into my dark place to create. However hindsight is 20/20, and I am realizing more and more that it was always those moments of calm and peace coming to grips and understanding that my best pieces have been created. Some may not believe in destiny, fate, or the journey. However, more and more I am believing that there is a reason, there is a purpose, and those things that just weren't meant to be well they just weren't meant to be. About 3 weeks ago now, I lost a friend, someone who understood that sometimes you have just got to smile. You just need to be there and understand that life may be hard sometimes, but all you can do is care. Now, I am pulling this belief into my own life and mind, it is coming to terms with how deeply you can care for another individual. Regardless of whether or not you stay together as a couple, if you realize how important they have become and know that all you truly want to do is see them happy then that is enough to know that you can be happy for them. There is becoming less and less room in my heart for hatred, jealousy, or malice. It is comforting to know that I can perhaps cause a bit of happiness in another's life. There is no longer room for selfishness. There is never a reason to burn any bridges, or lash out to hurt another when you are feeling caged and confused. It is finding a way to relate and give, to be able and have the ability to give your all to your friends and family. Sometimes you may feel weak and insignificant, yet now, I am finding it is time to be strong and believe. Believe that no matter what, if it was meant to be, it will all work out in the end. (I don't know if it is good enough to share, but it is a realization I have come to and hope that it might help someone else.) This article comes from Shmeng http://www.shmeng.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.shmeng.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=778