The process of reaching the next level of yourself requires you to push yourself outside of your habitual comfort zones of the known and into the growing pains of the unknown. This is where you enter the stream of life and of growth.
This is about pushing yourself to your current limits, to the point where you don’t know how to take it to the level you’re aiming for and find yourself frustratingly going round in circles with no real results. Congratulations! This is where the work needs to be done. The first step is to accept that you do not yet have the skills required to move ahead and to therefore cease trying to force things if that’s what you are prone to doing. This is not to be taken personally. This has absolutely nothing to do with you not being good enough. This is where you are simply going to learn and experiment.
Once you know what you need to build on, you will be on a reference mission to find the best examples of what you are trying to achieve. Your studies now begin about how such is done and to then make it part of you.
It’s best to learn from multiple angles to give yourself a broader understanding. I suggest studying from the base fundamentals and upwards, however, this is dependant on what exactly you’ve chosen to face. By studying, I mean copying consciously via certain methods.
Base fundamentals? This would be the underlying core structures involved, such as composition and balance (being the deepest foundation) and the flow and forms within the composition (in their basic states before they are futher refined into their complexities). Unless you are wanting to specifically study the latter fundamentals such as lighting, colour, gestures, anatomy, etc. I would suggest mostly keeping that out of the picture and to focus on honing your base structural awareness for stronger foundations to more securely hold the latter fundamentals.
Learning to become more than you currently are requires a big vision for who you are wanting to become, unconditional self-belief (including supportive self-talk) and committed consistency to push into the beyond. It’s hard and challenging work for sure, but that’s how we grow. You are 100% absolutely capable from where you currently are to become a greater version of what you are capable of, so eliminate the concept of “I cant”. You can.
I have learnt that the path of the artist is actually one that offers us opportunities to expand our awareness, ability to be present and ability to be self-aware. It offers the practice of honing our fine motor skills to be more in tune with our intentions and to create with focused care and attention. The journey of an artist and what such a lifestyle is able to offer us is really about the evolution, expansion and discovery of the true nature of the creative soul in the present moment. It is far from just about creating pleasing art to have a successful career, pay the bills, etc. It is a very personal evolution of the soul that only you as the artist gets to experience in your particular way from countless different dimensions.
The fullness of what the artists path has to offer is the limitless and inter-dimentional evolution of the soul. However, it takes a particular kind of soul that is sensitive enough to feeling this deeper call and has the courage to follow it into the unknown no matter what.
To those who connect with my words, know that your path will be a very difficult one to master. Most of everyone you will ever meet will not understand your path, who you really are, and who you are becoming. You will be met with challenges that will take you directly to your weaknesses. This is for you to face and strengthen. You may often feel alone. This is for you to develop a stronger and healthier relationship with yourself. This is all exactly part of the process of climbing into the higher realms of the unknown but… somehow strangely familiar. Life will present to you all the experiences you need as part of your training to advance into the higher levels of yourself. The key here is to make the very best of everything that comes your way, especially when life exposes your vulnerabilities. This will serve you greatly the more this is practiced in your daily life and give you the basis needed to push deeper than you can currently imagine.
The more I push myself in all forms of my being beyond just art, the more I become aware of the intimate link between the inner and outer world and how they work together as one in creating the grand masterpiece of them all - your life. Pushing your limits is after all the practice and discipline of self-mastery and I am here to tell you that this is the very lifetime that you can achieve this. This is what I believe we have all come here to do. This is what I believe our purpose is on Earth.
Much love to you all.