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Someone wrote me and left their web site address which I checked out. On a recent entry they wrote:
When I was younger I spent a great deal of my time doing “art”. I used to sketch, paint, sculpt and take photographs. I was into magazines, advertising and theatre lighting design. Seeing and creating imagery was life giving and I aspired to be a great visual artist. Too bad reality takes over. Why is it so scary and hard to do …
Someone posted the other day on a list I run a question about how to deal with insecurities and finding their own voice. They said they sometimes felt disheartened when they read other blogs and felt behind. They also mentioned feeling like their window of opportunity was very small and that everything had to be done now.
Here’s what I wrote in response, which might be useful as I think this is a pretty common concern:
I think what is really, really …
One of the best bits of advice I received was not advice at all; it was a statement made by my best friend, Emily.
We were walking through Granville Island, which was home to her art school as well as to many small art studios. Watching a glass blower, I asked her if she could do that.
“I don’t know,” she said, “but probably.”
A bit shocked by her confident words that she spoke with ease, I asked her how she could say …
The Chronicles of Girl at Play began in April 2001 as a way for me to chronicle my leaving a successful corporate position to become a self-employed writer.
