Realize that, at this moment, you are your master.
What you know is more than enough to create a powerful work of art.
Speak as you will, be yourself, accept and focus on your strengths.
Take a moment before you begin to paint, and brush in hand, standing before the canvas, close your eyes and try to remember the first time you ever painted.
Now keep going through the months and years, try to think about the act of painting, not the finished works.
Let yourself come up through the memories of painting without hesitation or judgment; allow your mind to find the paths you have followed, the possibilities explored.
Let your mind begin play with the passing images for 5 or 10 minutes, or even an hour if you have the time. Keep your brush in hand, allow yourself to get tired and start dreaming.
When you approach the work, know that when all is said and done, this work will exist by itself, silent and alone. Beyond its subject, beyond title, description, techniques, materials, your
painting will be a symbol, a metaphor of some facet of existence, representing somehow the artist, the collector, and the viewer.
Each of your paintings has the potential to be a universal symbol of life.
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