15 Apr Be a Lover!
My Blog message this month is “it’s good to be an amateur”! Austin Kleon wrote that the original meaning of the word amateur is “lover of”! He said that being an amateur at something just means that you are more interested in doing it for the love of that thing than for the money. Doing our “thing” for the fun, joy and love of it is the best! Whatever the creative endeavor may be: gardening, cooking, volunteering or painting etc; let’s celebrate being an amateur and lover of that thing. Never lose the aspect of newness, learning and loving what we do. As a career artist, who is making money from the “thing”, I try to never lose being a “lover” of creating art. I must consciously approach my day, my studio and each new painting as an amateur … because I DO LOVE THIS THING I DO! Kathleen
Kathleen doing what she loves
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