I'm starting by thinking about this: What if I knew I had a year to live? What would I want to leave behind, as my legacy?
Since I am an artist, and primarily concerned with enjoying and creating beauty, I want to leave the world my art. Something beautiful and "keepable," something people will love, enjoy, and cherish.
I have been gifted with so many talents, and lately I've been searching deep within myself to figure out exactly why I haven't been successful with any of them. It's due to lack of focus. I agree with the idea of Multipotentiality- but I've also realized that a polymath like ME, not like any other polymath, needs to focus on one thing at a time. Multitasking doesn't work. So I've got goals now.
My first goal is to finish a product line that I've had on my mind for YEARS. Oh hell yes, I'm talking at least 10 years. I think about it... but I never truly act on it. I don't feel that I've wasted my time, not completely, because all the other experimenting and making I've been doing has led me to a place where I now know exactly what my product consists of, the steps to making it, and I can conceptualize what it will look like when I'm ready to sell it. So now I'm ready to commit.
So I need to quit writing now, and get back to drawing- because that's part of it. A very important part.
Since I am an artist, and primarily concerned with enjoying and creating beauty, I want to leave the world my art. Something beautiful and "keepable," something people will love, enjoy, and cherish.
I have been gifted with so many talents, and lately I've been searching deep within myself to figure out exactly why I haven't been successful with any of them. It's due to lack of focus. I agree with the idea of Multipotentiality- but I've also realized that a polymath like ME, not like any other polymath, needs to focus on one thing at a time. Multitasking doesn't work. So I've got goals now.
My first goal is to finish a product line that I've had on my mind for YEARS. Oh hell yes, I'm talking at least 10 years. I think about it... but I never truly act on it. I don't feel that I've wasted my time, not completely, because all the other experimenting and making I've been doing has led me to a place where I now know exactly what my product consists of, the steps to making it, and I can conceptualize what it will look like when I'm ready to sell it. So now I'm ready to commit.
So I need to quit writing now, and get back to drawing- because that's part of it. A very important part.
YAY! Awesome on just going for it Kyra! I love the idea that you'd like to create something beautiful, that people can keep and love. I can imagine the intricacy of it, and I am looking forward to seeing your craft in action! Isn't it a great feeling when you know exactly what you need to create, and you only need to commit to it to begin?
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