When manure is dumped on your life, compost it.
Shovel the compost, turning it over and over;
Let it rest awhile to cure.
Repeat shoveling and resting . . .
Until the stink is gone.
THEN it’s ready to fertilize the dream that fulfills your destiny. –Scrap Lady Sharon Barnes
Although I couldn’t name it for many years, in painting I encountered the power of the inner critic to control and limit my life. This force that counters the desire to create is within each of us. Generally the critic doesn’t appear in full force until you are in a situation where you have the opportunity to do what you want, something important, and self-chosen, something with risk.
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