About a month ago I on a whim entered a major gallery showing. It was competition based so my sketches/ideas had to beat out numerous competitors to qualify. I sent the sketches and forgot about....that is until I got an email saying I had made the cut! O. M. G!!!!
And so, just like that I had a life changing opportunity in my hands. I was so happy to finally have a major platform to express my heart through something that I love so much. Art. But then, I starting looking at the formidable competitors and envisioning what they might be bringing to the table and the more I did that, the more nervous and apprehensive I got. My ideas were not coming together properly and the ones I did like soon became "not good enough". I was second guessing myself and it was getting me nowhere.
The back and forth and vacillation between excited and overwhelmed continued until my son put an end to it. He looked me dead in the eye and informed me "you gat this mom!".......gave me a big hug and and walked off. Well, turns out that was all I needed. After that I had fire in my eyes. No matter what happened I was going to create something amazing. Something I can be proud of.
The first piece I made took a whole day to make but it was a little off so I scrapped it and started over from scratch. I did not let it get me down, I just knew I could do better....... and I will. At the moment I am working on two of the three pieces required for the show and everything is coming together quite nicely. I am started to get excited now because I can envision/see the final product......the finish line. I will probably have a Steve Urkel moment at the end, like "Did I do that???!" but in a really good way. I am going to make sure of that.
Well, back to work I go but I will be posting the pictures here when everything is finished. Have a beautiful weekend everyone.
Cherio!
