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There is no brass ring...
By watching my wife, who is an author, (and you think WE have a messed up industry!) I learned a valuable lesson:
There is no brass ring
We all seem to think that if we do a certain number of things in a certain order, then we will be "successful" and money will flow and birds will sing and all our problems will go away.
We jump and jump for a measure of success that is actually NOT THERE.
Success comes at us from a number of different directions and it has different meanings for everyone. For some, it is recognition, or money, or simply time to draw or paint...
But ultimately, I think success is measured by how you manage and balance your whole life. After all, we have all heard of people who seemingly have everything - money, power, recognition, and end up blowing their brains out...were they really successful?
The majority of really "successful" people I have met - artists included - are amazingly serene about it all and don't usually think in terms of "success" - they are grateful for what has come to them, and generally happy to just keep pursuing their passion - that thing that makes their heart leap rather than their ego. They are heart centered and not ego centered - serenely indifferent to the standards of others because they have found their "truth" as it were.
Find the thing that makes your heart leap and keep your feet on the ground.
There is no brass ring
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