acceptance.
The Way Forward
Today I’m sharing an art video.
You’ll thank me later when I tell you it’s been sped up to spare you the better part of an hour.
And while I’m at it let me get this off my chest right away. I was challenged by this painting.
Not in a good way.
Maybe tomorrow, in hindsight it will be in a good way. But not today.
She was a problem from the beginning. Or maybe the middle. I’m not sure.
Mouth too high. Eyes uneven. Scarf weird. By the end you’ll even see my head as I try to figure out how to fix her.
I’m familiar with paintings looking bad before they get better but this seemed worse than usual.
Halfway through I realized I could just quit and start a new painting.
And often that is a good option.
But for some reason, I felt like I needed to accept the difficulty and keep moving forward.
Sometimes that is the better option.
Pushing through. Pressing on. Persevering.
Sometimes not.
In this small moment, I chose the way forward.
The next time you feel like giving up consider looking at things from a different angle. Stepping away for a fresh perspective. Or even just accepting that some things are hard.
You never know what gem might be revealed if you keep moving forward.
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“All I can do is continue to experiment with my art. Some days that’s all it is. Other days I get lucky and it leads to something beautiful.”