A secret dream have I, being an artist. I know we are all artists as we create the dance of our daily life. BUT I was not willing to tell my secret dream of being an artist. I started slowly and gently, saying it to myself, then to a few trusted friends. My most trusted friends encouraged me, actually suggested that I dare go public with my secret dream. So here it is.
A small dream in the large scheme of things but a "big for me dream." I don't need to show in a museum, just somewhere. I don't need to make a living, simply sell something to pay for art supplies. Now I've reveled the secret.
My experience: secret dream revealed + actions in the service of the dream = joy, high excitement, bliss. Also my experience; secret dream revealed + actions in the service of the dream = fear and nausea. So dear friends, I encourage you to gather your support system, both in this world and the invisible world and allow them to hold you. I encourage you, in this Fire year of 2012, to stoke the embers of your secret dream. See where it takes you.
Yes, I did these paintings and drawings. More to come. I conclude this page with the words of Joseph Campbell and Leonard Cohen. Also with a thanks to Ruth and the rest of my beautiful and brave "believing mirrors."
Follow your Bliss.
Joseph Campbell
Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.
