My mother never thought of herself as an artist although she has always known she is creative and loves art. She did theater in her younger years, sang and played music throughout most of her life and in the past decade has designed and created websites and businesses. Whenever it came to doing something by hand she always asked me to do it. I used to love to draw and paint and create artistic pieces but not with the same passion she would request them of me. I would always tell her that she should do them, could do them but she would always reply, "No, I'm just not artistic like you are."
A couple years ago she decided to take an art class. She loves the process and learning (ever an inquisitive Virgoan mind) about different types of art, watercolors and pencils and oils and the styles. She reads biographies of painters and studies their work and then tries it out. She has become a woman obsessed. She dreams of being able to paint and create all day every day. Of course she still has her work which she does after morning meditation with her brushes and canvas, it has become a part of her spirit, brings her closer to spirit.
It took until the past year for her to admit she is very artistic. She even got up the nerve to submit her work into a National Arts Program Exhibit in her city. She did it for fun, to make a move towards showing her work - an insecurity many artists suffer from... "will people like it?" and of course, "is it really good?"
A couple of weeks later while on the phone with my mother helping her with her bookkeeping (way too many art supplies) and hearing her sigh about how she wishes she could just paint all day and not deal with Quickbooks she received an email.... She won Best In Show! She cried with joy, in fact did that first so fiercely that I was afraid something was wrong...
You see it is NEVER to late to live the dream you have for yourself. If there is something you have always been interested in but never thought yourself capable - DO IT ANYWAY! Take a course you could be great or it could just be the breadcrumbs Hansel and Gretel left you to find what you never imagined but always dreamed.
Need help discovering what that is? I am always available for consulting. Just leave a comment and Ask Glitter what it is you want to know!
To view my mothers art visit www.artforthesoulofit.com
1 comment:
Hey Ishqa, I'm so proud of you with your blogging....and helping so many folks as you do. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for reviewing me and my art obsession, what a surprise! And yes, though i am in my mid-50s now, I take heart that the acclaimed Grandma Moses didn't even pick up a brush til she was 70 years old!
Never too late, indeed!
Following one's dream is an ageless venture. Our soul is eternal after all, and that's where our dreams are born, I believe, deep within our soul. It is our destiny to fulfill these dreams.
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