i am a maker

it was raining cats and dogs this morning [and by the way, why do people actually say that...note to self check the origin of this phrase]...any way...so i decided it was a good day to work on some art and chill until the afternoon...i got three pieces of art 100% finished and i am stoked about this...they turned out like they were supposed to which is not always the case when it comes to art....sometimes it is so much better in my head but, then again so many things are better in your head or how you remember them or how you imagine them to be...memory, imagination, and fantasy are powerful forces...i was finishing the dark is rising series of books the other day and "silver on the tree" was the last book in the sequence and i found this quote "...fear if having done the wrong thing - fear that having done this one great thing, he would never again be able to accomplish anything of great worth - fear of age, of insufficiency, of unmet promise.  all such endless fears, that are the doom of people given the gift of making, and lie always somewhere in their minds." i was floored because i never could put that into words and i am not sure if subconsciously that is what stops you from putting yourself or your art out their because you are so afraid to fail or not fulfill the potential that someone has told that you have...that you would rather not and live with the what could have been instead of seeing what might be...when i am done with these series of art pieces...fail or no fail i feel like i need to get them out and see what everyone else thinks...no fear