Enjoying the Process
I often feel as though Paul Sanders is writing directly to and for me in his newsletter, Still. He has this way of reassuring me that I am on a healing and worthy path. His post today, When will I be famous?, speaks to the longing we all have to be seen and heard and underst00d. And the truth is—I am fortunate because I do have people in my life that witness my creative work and cheer me on. My husband, my sons, and my friends regularly encourage me to keep going. They let me bounce ideas off of them and indulge me when I go deep into my passion.
I am sharing an excerpt from Paul’s post today (click the link to read the full post).
“In truth, nothing we create truly matters to the wider world now, but at the same time it does matter in terms of who we are.
Most of what we create is a legacy of how we lived, it will be seen by generations in the future, they will decide which of us becomes famous and whose work really mattered.
Creativity doesn’t exist to be someone it exists because you are someone. Your purpose isn’t to be famous, it is just to be who you are, truly connecting with the world in your own way, in your own time, photographing, drawing, painting, writing, making music about what your life means to you.
The most effective marks are the simplest. So many of us try to over-complicate our expression by wanting something more from it, when all we need to be is simply authentic, to embrace that wild, free creative energy we had before fear of failure and comparison stole the joy from us.
To share how we each uniquely take part in the world is our purpose, every separate expression of creativity makes the world a richer place, and most importantly it doesn’t matter what others think or feel about your work.”