"It is a great privilege to be able to work with, and I suppose work off, my feelings through sculpture."
French Artist
1911 - 2010
I want to take this one step farther. I believe that it is a privilege to be an artist. What we do as writers, storytellers, painters, actors, sculptors and musicians is very special. Most people are not willing to risk themselves or make themselves vulnerable as artists must if they are to be successful. We must open ourselves up and reveal our innermost feelings if we are going to touch others with our creative work. That does not mean that we have the answers. In fact, many creative people live difficult painful lives and often emotionally harm the people they love. If we are lucky, our creative work will heal our wounded spirits. But if we don't heal our wounds, people will be confused by the multiple personalities within one body. They will not understand how a mean-spirited drunk could write such lovely prose or paint such a beautiful picture. For some of us, our creative work heals us and we are stronger for it. For others, the creative work destroys them. They give up their lives for their art.
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