An Artist's mind is said to be many things - creative, inspiring, zoned out, focused, and more. Understanding what is happening in the brain when a creative person becomes genius has, for years, inspired me to push my own creative desires from art to music hoping to find a glimpse of the extraordinary in my own abilities.
Personally, I have never been an "I can't" person. Rather, I've always been an "I'll try" especially if it is something that I really want to learn to do. Painting and portraiture in oils has been, since my childhood, one of those creative endeavors that I wanted to be really good at, so nurturing that compass in my brain to follow the path of learning and inspiration in that area was easy for me. I have been nurturing that passion for 40 years. However, and yes, there is a big "however," as focused as I might be when I am in my studio and absorbed in the creative environment and the work in front of me, when I am not in my studio, I tend to seek out other creative endeavors as well - sometimes to the detriment of that one thing that I could take to the next level of perfection if only I were consistently focused. In this case, I have a few other things in my life that bring me so much brain pleasure, that my art becomes secondary to who I am. The 3 things that I consistently enjoy in addition to my painting, is teaching my children, writing, and playing the piano.
