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Here..... to success
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Hooray...it is already
year 2000 and all is well !
The dreaded y2k monster bug
has not materialised as yet,
time ticks over in its eternal
fashion paying no attention to
all the cyber gurus with their
doom and gloom message of
calamity. The new year
ushers in a fresh feeling of hope
and brings with it a new vigour
of renewal and growth.
So it is time to step back a
little and take some stock.
It is important to look back on
the yesteryear and do some
mental calculations in
regard to where you have been and
where you are going,
what you have achieved and what
you hope to achieve, are you satisfied
where you are, or
change is in the air?
Whatever your answers might
be,
it is an important process, self
assessment is one of the
ways to improvement and self
discovery, that is a sure
path to spiritual and material
fulfilment. As an artist, take a
deep breath and ask yourself
"what have I done to bring
my artistic expression to
fruition and what have I done to
communicate my gift of
art to my fellow humans, artists
and none artist alike ?
what did I do to further my
artistic
career? what is my vision
for the year ahead and beyond?"
It is vital to follow a
method of systematic self evaluation
in order not
to loose direction. Success doesn't materialise
out of thin air, but it is rather achieved
through a process
that takes you along a certain
road to certain goals. For
to you succeed in your
artistic endeavours, you need to
have commitment, planning and
focus. These three magic
ingredients actually contain no
magic at all ! So set goals
to yourself, then commit yourself
totally to achieving these
set goals through a well defined
and reasonably realistic
plan and maintain a firm
focus on all stages of progress
of such plan, with frequent
correction and the occasional
self pat on the back for those
well done spots, you CAN
make it.... for sure.
Another factor might be of great
assistance is feedback.
With the world getting smaller
and smaller by the minute,
it is no longer possible
to be an island unto yourself, so seek
that diverse audience to get that
all important response.
The internet is an ideal place to
venture out, if it is difficult
getting an art gallery to host an
exhibition of your artwork,
join an art webring or an online
marketing and exhibition
venture, like our www.oz-artfocus.com
it all helps!
you are an
integral part of the cosmos, so be an active part,
look inwardly in your soul and
outwardly to the world, take a
leap from where you are to
where you want to be, chart
the link between your yesterday
and your tomorrow, art
is life and life is art ....so,
here.... to success !
and let us come alive!
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