There was a time in my life where I fancied myself quite the artist; I painted portraits for money in high school, sold art pastel work and was a true blue committed thespian. After graduation I got sucked into the rat race, working for Bank of America and playing house with my long-term boyfriend at the time. I had the most boring life a person could imagine, I doted on the guy I loved and watched TV with the occasional trip to the gym.
I was not born to live that life! That lifestyle can be for millions of other people but all that experience did was make me appreciate how much I need diversity, how I am addicted to change and growth!
Nowadays I fly from city to city, have friends countrywide, date guys in and out of state, meet celebrities, my room has paint and paintbrushes laying out 100% of the time, I carve wood into trinkets, I write songs and record them, I act in short films (tomorrow I’m in fact helping with the auditions for them), I take pictures, I edit movies (I just moments ago finished editing a wedding video), I write screenplays, I model (just did a group photoshoot a few days ago), I turbokick like a maniac, and I read more genres of books than most people know exist. I am living the “idea” of a fulfilling life, and it took determination and drive to get here. I have to say, I am very proud and bloody fortunate!
3 Comments
January 28, 2009 at 1:02 am
so much we can do with art. art is our nature, the way we walk, the way we talk, i name it: art. some kind of never ending exploration, that’s why i luv my self, other, as the “product” or art, made by god,..
January 28, 2009 at 4:24 am
well said!
January 30, 2009 at 9:11 am
Beautiful post. I am the same as you in those respects. Art is life.