My Transformational Year - Part 6

Reflections
I was trained to favor joy and happy and to avoid sad and angry. Most of us were. I have been encouraged to push past the uncomfortable or disappointing and just find gratitude in the life I am leading.
I have been consoled with excuses and justifications for things not quite turning out.
But I am an Artist and I see things differently.
I found wisdom in sadness
I found power in rage
The rage, the sadness, the joy, the bliss, the loneliness, the disappointment, the connection, the surprise
They each add to the richness of my life and the fullness of my work.
My purpose is to mould my emotions into Art and words
I speak of my darkness so that you do not feel alone in yours
I share my spirit so that you will see yours reflected
I face my shadows because no one else can. And I know that each tear, each scream of rage, each heartbreak reminds me that there is a power within me to persist.
The last year showed me that my Art is integral to who I am.
That I bring the value to the painting
not the buyer, not the gallery, not social media.
It also showed me that I can be more than I imagined. That at almost 49 I am still expanding only now it is at an exponential rate.
The last year woke me up to all the work ahead of me but it left me unafraid to face it.
It is important to see this progress, to mark it in my history, and use it to continue forward.
I hope wherever you are on the path you can appreciate how far you have come and that you find the strength to continue forward. The world needs your gifts and it needs you to become who you are meant to become. Do and Be your purpose 🙏🏼💖