DON’T BE TOO HARSH ON YOURSELF
I don’t even remember where heard this piece of advice: if you want to do it, just do it, do not think until it gets cold. On the way, you will improve.
I think it is in one of the books by Al Ries, where he gives advice about branding, advertising, marketing, and making your own business.
Anyway, back when I first read it, I didn’t think it was very smart, but going through my days, my years, my life, I noticed that if you do not start to do something because (and here there could be so many reasons) then there will never be the right time, the right “IT,” and you will never get anything done.
I am starting to think that many people (at least in the east European culture from where I am coming from) have this lack of moment zero, or THE MOMENT. We don’t think we are good enough to start something, we are never good enough to say it, to think it, to… to…
It’s a kind of lack of motivation combined with no self-confidence that has grown on the bad ground of improper education.
I have found myself in that position many times, and only upon looking back did I notice that if I would have said it, it would have been the right thing to say, or if I would have done it, it would have been the right thing to do. And even when I did say or do it, it was such a modest effort that it wasn’t even noticed, or someone else took it from me.
So here I am, rebranding myself in an attempt to learn and improve.
Where do I want to get?
Who knows? Where ever the road will lead. But for the moment, I am deciding to try, to learn, to educate.
I am going to experiment and share my thoughts, my mind, my creativity.
And just as a closing thought,
I think art is not right or wrong. Art is like a warrior. Art is about yourself, personal.
What makes you resonate with it, then it is right. What makes you feel cute, might be the right thing for you, while, what makes me feel right, is the smell of a battle. Or both.
