| Tuesday, February 10, 2004 |
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I love to draw and paint. I have done it since I was a kid, and the walls of my house have murals to prove it. However, I don't consider myself an artist. I am not sure why.
I was actually surprised when someone referred to me as an artist. I'm not an artist. Why did they call me an artist?
I doodle, I draw cartoons, I dabble with paints, but I never say I am an artist. I consider other people who draw cartoons artist, but not myself. I realized this yesterday when I posted at my other blog and couldn't bring myself to write "Artist asleep." I referred to myself as a writer. Six months ago I couldn't do that either.
Today I will be very brave. I am going to say it out loud. I am an artist.
(Pause-I'm hiding under the desk waiting for the Artist League or whatever it is to come and point and laugh or yell at me. "You're not an artist. Stop saying you are.")
I'm still waiting. I don't think they are coming. It was the same as when I declared myself a writer, no one came to laugh at me, no one came to call me a fake. I was a writer because I was writing.
I have never liked labels, because I have never fit in to one particular one. Today I am thinking that some labels are not so bad. I am a writer. I am an artist. Those are two labels I can live with. |
posted by Kelly @ 2/10/2004 12:08:00 PM   |
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