I have been on a break from the creation of art for a year now. The break included anything art; blogging, talking about it, identifying myself as an artist, creating art, etc. This sabbatical was not intentional, it just was.

 And now a year later I am aware of what has happened. For years I was so focused on the marketing, advertising, selling and identification of myself as an artist. In these years of learning about the business part of art, I lost the joy of creating and sharing the creations I manifest. I have labeled my art many things and landed on one title: energy art. Now that one year has passed I realize that ‘energy art’ is not that original. It is actually very normal, all artists use energy when creating. They use their own energy to connect with the energetic they are trying to convey to the viewer. In all of the hoopla that comes with marketing yourself to the world I lost my true motive and identity in order to conform to what I believed and what I was told that the public wants to hear and see.

What I have learned in this year off, is that I love to create art using my own energetic interpretation. I have vowed to do so from here on out. My art will be genuinely me, not what I think the public wants to see or hear. That is my vow. And now I will create new works and post them and blog about them with a fresh new approach. Now if only this renewed outlook on my precious gift with remain new…

This learning has not only revealed itself in my artwork, but yet in my life as well. I am living life genuinely. Now I make decisions and mistakes and create victories from a true core that lies within the deepest reaches of my soul. I encourage you to take time to step back from your life and view it through new eyes. Are these the paths YOU would take? Are these the decisions and moves you would make in this crazy game of life? If not, you may be found living life to someone else’s avail.  Please use my sabbatical as a lesson you do not have to live to experience. Start living your life for you, the true you. And if you do, congrats! I wish I could’ve learned from you before I lived it J

Stay tuned for my newest piece of art!