Letter to a Young Artist

Letter to a Young Artist:


If there’s one thing I could have you understand it would be that
People are not meant to be one thing.
While survival in your circumstances is necessary,
Success and profitability are not synonymous
, and I hope you move with
the patience to know the difference.
You are a tapestry, not a list.
Let those colours seep
from each scene you see and
be each colour shamelessly.
It’s the liminal moments
| between the highlights on your resume |
which keep us animated
and living artfully.
Listening
Observing
Taking care
: all evidence of living as an artist.

points of guidance:

- Gracefully accept what you can’t know
- Be aware of the effects of your words and work
- Energy comes from somewhere and goes somewhere
- There will always be something wrong with what you make
- Know where you’ve been; accept where you go
- Don’t wait for a reason to make
- Boredom is the birthplace of opportunity
- If you don’t know what to do next, try listening