Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
A Message For all of Us: Resources and even friends are not enough!
Alain,
We'll just keep the place open and the soup warm!
Meanwhile, there's us and how we function. What I value is that you are looking at the factors which allow us to go beyond talent and tools, imagination and brilliant ideas to actually seeing success again and again.
Asher
Alain, that's a great start! It's your next paragraphs that are even more important.
By replacing inaction by action, you remove one of the main pillars that support depression. Do so regularly, and it will cave in.
I'd just add that although depression can come from life's blows, it can also consume us from occult depths of our being that we cannot fathom. Conversation and hugs help, but as in marketing or promotion, investing in expert help is the most efficient way of getting to where one wishes.
Asher
Alain,
We'll just keep the place open and the soup warm!
Meanwhile, there's us and how we function. What I value is that you are looking at the factors which allow us to go beyond talent and tools, imagination and brilliant ideas to actually seeing success again and again.
Asher
The fact is that knowing how to stay motivated is an important aspect of being successful in any endeavor, and particularly in endeavors where our personality and creativity are at stake. We have to learn how not to get demoralized because our results are not what we expect them to be. We also need to learning how to cope with criticism. One has to develop an armor plated ego to stay in this for the long term! Otherwise, it is tempting to quit at the first sign that not everyone is supportive or because criticism is harsher than we would like.
Alain, that's a great start! It's your next paragraphs that are even more important.
In the long run, our limitations are not only artistic, technical, or financial. In other words, we are not limited only by our resources. We are also limited by our ability to cope with adversity and disapointment. These can surface for different reasons. They may be caused by our actions, or they may be caused by the actions of someone else. However, in the end having to face adverticity forces us to ask how hard we are wiling to work on this and whether or not we have reached our limits. For some, the answer is "whatever it takes". For others the answer is "I'm done." Yet for others the answer is "Let's wait and see."
Regardless of individual decisions, the outcome is usually depression. Dealing with depression is unfortunately something that most artists have to do. Some are more prone to it than others, but most, if not all, are prone to it to some extent. There are remedies to depression. In an earlier post I mention the importance of being grateful. Gratitude works. Another proven remedy is action. Depression causes inaction. By replacing inaction by action, you remove one of the main pillars that support depression. Do so regularly, and it will cave in.
By replacing inaction by action, you remove one of the main pillars that support depression. Do so regularly, and it will cave in.
I'd just add that although depression can come from life's blows, it can also consume us from occult depths of our being that we cannot fathom. Conversation and hugs help, but as in marketing or promotion, investing in expert help is the most efficient way of getting to where one wishes.
Asher