Reaching OUT - Finding courage (2-11)

Finding courage

First I had to find a NEW PERSPECTIVE which I marked with my first solo exhibition on September 5th 2014. Having quit my job in July 2014 to pursue full time art, I realised that everything since my A-level art was self taught and I had been so focused on working to pay my bills up till that point, I hadn't devoted anytime to myself or my artwork.

and I knew nothing!

My whole life I have believed in magic after all the impossible becomes possible everyday. I believed in Santa, my Mum was great for that. When I came home saying kids at school said Santa isn't real the gifts are just coming from their parents, My Mum just laughed and said, Yes! It's true, kids who don't believe in Santa do get presents from their parents pretending, Santa stops visiting kids who don't believe in him, so if I were you, I'd keep believing coz its  not worth the risk! Well, I was almost satisfied with this answer but decided to stay awake on Christmas eve to find out for myself...

That night as I was lying in bed, I heard Santa enter the bedroom... My first thought was... I smell toothpaste!? Santa just brushed his teeth!? As Santa came closer to the bed I suddenly had a rush of thoughts through my head, the loudest saying Do you want Santa to be fake? Do you want this magic to go away? NO WAY! Santa brings awesome stuff! And I lay there with my eye's firmly shut while I listened to Santa.

After Santa left the room I quickly checked to see if my stocking was on my bed... YES! I'd saved Christmas!

Years later I always feel a little crushed when people talk about Santa as a commercialised because for me I believed that Santa had his work shop filled with hand made toys for all the kids in the world. What's so 'EVIL CORP' about thinking that as a kid? 

As an adult I feel I want to create something special and share that magic. The magic that leads to anything being possible, if enough people collectively believe in that magic I honestly believe this world will continue to grow into a better place. 

Equality for all, as a kid in my mind, Santa had toys for ALL the kids in the world. My idea of Santa didn't discriminate. 

a NEW PERSPECTIVE

 SteppingOUT exhibition at the beach March 2015

 SteppingOUT at Chu's gallery, 1 Hollywood Road

New Perspective exhibition at Pan Hoi Street

Being able to do this on my own terms a very special and magical thing. It makes what I'm doing feel real, following my decisions and choices. I believed in myself and the rest seems to be falling into place. But I have devoted time, thought and energy to embrace this project with all my heart. Driven by seeking truth and honesty in the world around me, I find beauty everywhere. You see an ugly corner, I see the opportunity to transform that corner into something beautiful.

I want to break it down, take it apart and rebuild creating a solid foundation built on magic.

I recently sold this painting NEW PERSPECTIVE it was painted to represent a doorway or port hole into a new way of thinking. Now that I feel I have confidently made the leap of faith and entered through this doorway into another dimension of thought. I am ready to pass this magic to a new home. It is blessed with the power of opening one's mind to the infinite possibilities within the universe. And as the universe expands so to do those possibilities.

I thought that this first art exhibition would be the giant hurdle I would need to overcome to reach my goals, how wrong could I have been :) The last 12 months has been littered with hurdles... but after the first exhibition I needed to step out of my comfort zone...

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Friday 7th August 2015

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