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Jerome-K-Moore — REALITY and EGO CHECK
Published: 2014-07-12 06:01:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 14179; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 0
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With this online art community, we have a unique opportunity to connect with our kindred. We must avail ourselves of this experience, for, once it's gone, it may never come again.

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A THOUGHT FOR MY FELLOW CREATIVES -

• The greatest thing about becoming a professional artist is having had your arse kicked numerous times by your betters, yet persevering to find your own success, and to carve your own niche. The arse-kicking will be an ongoing ordeal throughout your career, for there will always be someone better. But relish being "schooled" so that it helps to fuel your inspiration, along with your determined work ethic. Let it expand your perception of what greatness exists in the world, a world in which you are competing, as well as the greatness perpetually growing within YOU. This will keep you grounded, while, at the same time, you reach higher and higher. And always bear in mind that the work you are producing is creating the very same humbling experience for someone else. Your most useful tool will ever be in your uniqueness.
Stay positive, my friends.
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Comments: 8

Crowforge [2014-07-14 22:30:04 +0000 UTC]

Or it can crush you and you stop updating your DA page and don't even finish your drawings and get stuck in a placeholder job for 10 years and you're thinking about just calling it a life and start shooting for retirement...

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Jerome-K-Moore In reply to Crowforge [2014-07-15 00:09:24 +0000 UTC]

And that ----- is NOT staying positive.

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Cerberus-two-four [2014-07-12 23:46:04 +0000 UTC]

Well said, and really, it applies to all walks of life, not just the creative arts.

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prmedia [2014-07-12 13:56:47 +0000 UTC]

Very inspiring words.  I have often found that a professional artist needs to have a strong ego about their work.  This can cause them to lose the humility needed to realize the strength, beauty and education in other works. 

Thank you for your words of wisdom.

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Cylor [2014-07-12 08:56:41 +0000 UTC]

Man, that's a hard truth to remember.

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Sam-ZG [2014-07-12 06:34:44 +0000 UTC]

Punched like a heated sword to become stronger!

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exuitirteiss [2014-07-12 06:31:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you this is very inspiring.

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ScouterV [2014-07-12 06:06:48 +0000 UTC]

Huh...very true. I applaud you for this. If you could somehow condense this into 140 characters, I'd retweet this.

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