struggles as blossoms

I’m feeling a bit dismayed with the ‘struggling artist’ thing, and also wildly encouraged. Both those feelings – it feels right – resting comfortably together. ‘Struggling artist’ offers such a wide array of personal views. Trust me. Struggling to paint, struggling to doodle, struggling to market and sell, struggling to easy does it, to be gentle with yourself, kid, through all of it. Thrilled painting, thrilled doodling, thrilled marketing and selling, thrilled with the clarity of ‘Just this’, over and over.

When I see each thing as an invitation, wonder blossoms.