by Sarah Marie Lacy | Mar 16, 2015 | Art, Creativity, Lessons Learned, Passion
I wrote a post a little while ago about making mistakes, self-criticism and why sucking at your art doesn’t say anything bad about you. I’ve been talking about these ideas with my father a lot, since he’s on his own creative journey with the... by Sarah Marie Lacy | Jul 25, 2014 | Art, Creativity, Lessons Learned
Note: I originally sent this to my newsletter list and it got a very strong response. Several people requested that I post it to the blog so that they could share it, so here it is! If you’d like to sign up to my newsletter list, you can do so by clicking here.... by Sarah Marie Lacy | Nov 25, 2011 | Art, Lessons Learned
I learned a valuable lesson this week, the kind of lesson you can only learn the hard way. Yesterday, I spoke about my experience with a gallery owner who was unhappy with the work I brought her because it wasn’t summery enough. Unfortunately, she couldn’t articulate... by Sarah Marie Lacy | May 14, 2010 | Art, Lessons Learned
I think this morning I’ve finally made peace with what happened at the gallery. It’s taken me 5 days of processing and meeting myself where I am – even if that means I’m cranky as hell. Or hiding under my sheets. But I tried to meet it all with... by Sarah Marie Lacy | May 11, 2010 | Art, Lessons Learned, This is me working on my stuff.
I just want to thank everyone for the support and the comments yesterday. It was really, truly helpful.I also think I figured out what was going on internally and why this was bothering me so much. Because as so many people have said, it’s just one person. One.... by Sarah Marie Lacy | Apr 29, 2010 | Lessons Learned, This is me working on my stuff.
I had a realization this morning. A really obvious one actually, but I can be dense sometimes.When I do something for me and my own reasons, I succeed. When I do something to prove myself, or get approval, or from a sense of guilt, I never get anywhere.Really simple,...