While I was in a video call with my Dad, I saw my old paintings and drawings were displayed on the walls. I stated I thought they were terrible, but he replied with "No they are valuable, it shows where you began, what your foundations were, your building blocks to momentum". That was the start to a series of events that lead me to becoming serious about my creative potential as an Artist. I read a book by Elizabeth Gilbert @elizabeth_gilbert_writer "Big magic creative living beyond fear", which encouraged me to embrace my painting and take ownership of my passion and ask myself what do I love doing so much that the word failure and success essentially become irrelevant. I then read "The Artisans Soul", which gave me a clearer focus on the road ahead when crafting my life into a work of art. Erwin McManus @erwinmcmanus wrote "it's through the anvil and hammer that you will fully engage your creative potential". Lastly, I found myself in the gallery, The art of Dr.Seuss, staring at this print of "These things are good things", a diptych of his work in Cat and a hat. I then thought back to what my Dad had said about my momentum. Every artist has a beginning a diptych, and these become more valuable together than alone. I realised my Father had found value in my art in the beginning and believed in me then and there that together one day I would reach my creative potential. Today and yesterday not one are as valuable as the other, my past and present are my testimony, both are just as important. Just think about your diptych and how far you've come and to me, that's just the start of engagement with your creative potential. (at The Art of Dr Seuss)
