Don't think about making art, just get it done...

Second blog post in as many days. I'm totally on a roll.

So the quote by Andy Warhol over to the right really hits home. I'm pretty sure it doesn't just hit home with me, I think it hits home with any artist. No matter how much creating we do or don't do, we never feel like it's enough. We struggle with nonstop guilt. I should totally be working on new paintings right now. Pfft. I should totally be working on OLD paintings right now. I have so many "in progress" works in my studio at any given moment, it's almost getting out of hand. Almost.

But if I had easier access to my basement, um, I mean studio, I would be down there working more. I mean, as it is right now, I have to walk outside, down the hill and around the house, out to the backyard, unlock the outdoor-access-only door to the basement, and get to work. THEN if I have to come back inside to say, use the bathroom or something, I have to leave the basement, walk back up the hill and around the house, back inside, and it all just becomes this huge ordeal. Come on. My life is way too hard...

See? This is the ridiculousness I deal with on a daily basis. Why can't I just "get it done" like Andy says? I doubt myself on a regular basis (as I'm sure the majority of artists do): No one likes my art. Only a select few of my friends care for the kind of stuff I create. And that's just because they're my friends. Hanging out down in my studio basement is a huge waste of time. Time that could be spent washing dishes or vacuuming or rearranging furniture. Important stuff, ya know?

But who cares about my insecurites? Only I do. It's the same as worrying about my appearance. My weight, my hair, my fashion sense. It's pretty sad that talent and creativity can make you just as unsure of yourself as that extra 10 or 20 pounds you may loathe about yourself or the irrational fear that everyone is talking about your bad at-home dye job or self-cut bangs.

So listen to my friend Andy Warhol here-- Don't think about making art. Don't think about what your hair looks like today, either. Just get out there and get it done- whatever it is. And while others are deciding its importance, make even more.

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