No Room for Doubt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018There is no room for doubt in art!\u2019 Sean Scully <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opposite of the word doubt is confidence. Other words to describe the opposite of doubt include belief, conviction, trust, definiteness, faith, ease, truthfulness, solution, calm, clarity, knowledge\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At art school we were encouraged to be bold, to be confident, as a key to being an artist! That was the main input. Express yourself no matter what!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has a genius, power and magic to it.\u2019 Goethe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the documentary ‘Unstoppable, Sean Scully and the Art of Everything\u2019 Sean says \u2018There is no room for doubt in art!\u2019 He describes doubt as an entirely unhelpful emotion that gives you nothing and creates a block. He says to be an artist you need to be driven, not care what anyone thinks and not doubt yourself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I needed to hear those words! Maybe you do too? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I AM AN ARTIST not a doubter! I needed to be reminded to not doubt in order to reconnect with conviction, trust and ease to the flow that drives me forward. Luckily I have never had a problem with motivation up until the past couple of months when I have let doubt creep in, like an unhelpful ear worm, due to a whole bunch of events colliding, including an attempted scam where, despite my body screaming at me \u2018there is something wrong\u2019 I doubted what my intuition was shouting with almost disastrous consequences. Thankfully I woke up in time! However it left me traumatised and doubting myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Art is about exploring connections with life, love, god, creativity, spirit, whatever you want to call it. Art is about faithfully being yourself, whatever and no matter what! What else can you be!? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Because one believes in oneself, one doesn\u2019t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn\u2019t need others\u2019 approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.\u2019 Lao Tzu<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are often \u2018taught\u2019 to doubt, to not trust our intuition, to not trust our self, to not have self worth, to be humble and hold back, to not be at ease, to have fear, to give our power away and accept authority without question. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A whole load of (negative) events caused me to allow myself to doubt and block the flow of my art and therefore my life. DAH! How ridiculous can a girl get!? Don\u2019t let the bastards grind you down!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018If you stop doing the wrong thing, the right thing can do itself!\u2019 FM Alexander <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no room for doubt in art (or life). It is utterly unhelpful! Having faith and trust in yourself is a good thing, not an arrogance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Art can transform experiences, trauma, disillusionment, hurt. Art can reconnect us to passion, to love, to life. Art can deepen our understanding of the experiences we have! We just need to show up wholeheartedly to the process and the solution is in front of us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is time to clutter clear doubt from my studio!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Time to just embrace that despite feeling a bit broken, including physically from breaking a bone, I can make art and be creative from where I am right now. The pain can have expression. What else? How else can change occur? That is clarity instead of doubt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a choice \u2013 confidence or doubt. Approaching art with definiteness that the years of knowledge and practice allow is an act of faith. In committing to the process the flow finds you \u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let go, make art! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I thought I would share these thoughts as doubt can show up in many areas of our life and I agree with Sean Scully \u2013 there is no room for doubt! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trust your intuition! Trust yourself! Trust your heart! Trust your art!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Forward and up! Love Kirsten<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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