\nWhat I like, what I don\u2019t like (anymore) and which way I want my art to go\u2026<\/em> ”<\/p>\n
One of the things I was not happy with\u00a0was the shallowness of my art lately. Up ’till now that is, because I decided to (try to) let that go, and show To prevent myself\u00a0from chickening out at the last moment, I made this\u00a0page OK, no further delay… I opened up and spit\u00a0something out. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n I’m the woman who sits in a corner, a bit\u00a0aggrieved that nobody “Why do you think ‘they’ will find you arrogant if you say \u00a0 Detail<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n
\nNot the ideas behind the layouts were shallow, not at all, but in the back of
\nmy mind I always knew “I keep something behind”.\u00a0
\nI don’t do\u00a0that when it comes to scrapping “general matters” (like this layout<\/a>)
\nbut when it comes to personal,\u00a0very\u00a0personal journaling, I like to keep it
\nin general. I don’t speak my true mind easily\u00a0–\u00a0I’m always aware of the fact
\nthat I put my\u00a0works on the Internet and a lot of people can see and read it.
\nAlthough most people find me very open, there has always been\u00a0some
\nreticence in the way I express myself…<\/p>\n
\n(more of) myself. To go a little further and\u00a0be a bit more personal\u00a0in doing that.<\/p>\n
\nfor the Lotus Paperie challenge<\/a>. That way I would\u00a0be forced\u00a0to put it here
\non my blog (after all, it is on the Lotus blog too!)<\/p>\n
\nSomething to myself. Something I must tell myself more often.
\nSomething I must face…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_go_get_it.jpg\" "\\"01_go_get_it\\"")
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\nnotices her. I See things, hear things and I think “I can do that too” or
\n“I want that too”\u00a0but I stay put in my corner, sulking over the fact that
\nno one recognises my talent.
\nI\u00a0wish for some one to ring\u00a0my doorbell and say:
\n“Hey, you’re that woman we need to help us out\/publish a layout\/
\nteach a workshop…” but that’s not going to happen, is it?
\nHow should they know you can do all those things, when you never
\ntell them you can! So I made this page filled with (Dutch) journaling
\nin which I tell myself:<\/p>\n
\nyou can do something? And if they find so, does that really matter?\u00a0
\nStop being afraid to show yourself or your art – do it!
\nDon’t expect ‘them’ to smell you can teach workshops –\u00a0you even have
\na teachers degree, \u00a0go tell them! When you send a layout to a magazine
\nand you get back a rejection – don’t grumble and back off -just\u00a0try again!
\nDon’t hide in your little corner, step into the light!
\nIf you want something: GO GET IT!”<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_go_get_it_detail-300x225.jpg\" "\\"02_go_get_it_detail\\"")
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\nDetail
\n<\/strong>Challenge #141 over at Lotus
\nPaperie is to handcut printed
\npaper and use as embellies.<\/p>\n