Keep in mind that when you see someone’s artistic success, you are seeing the finished product.

You were not there for the failures, the moments the person felt like crap because they couldn’t do what others did so effortlessly, or the tears of frustration when something wouldn’t come together - the moments of hope met with dejection as another thing got in their way.

You are simply witnessing years of effort finally come to fruition at last. You did not see all the failures, because no one puts that on the news. They do not get advertise the way success stories often do. You are seeing the middle of the story, not the beginning.

​That’s good news for you. It means there’s hope for your projects, your art, whatever that may mean. It means that your failures are not the end. Keep producing. You’ll get there.

​I can’t wait to see what you come up with.