Artist, please turn off the noise.

Turn off the noise…… people talking at you about what you should do or not do with your paintings, they are your paintings, paint how you want to, you do not need anyone’s permission. Please paint.
Turn off the television……... the destroyer of original thought, creativity and painting time.
Turn off the radio……. Endless chatter full of unwanted views and advice.
Turn off the music…… Quiet is needed
Turn off the internet…. It will still be there later.

Please turn off the noise…. All of it is noise and clutter.
And get back to the place where Artists need to be… within your own creative self….Quiet.

For many people, no noise, quiet, is a difficult place to be, they are not used to it and many are scared of quiet, no noise. At night, I so enjoy my place where I can turn everything off and have silence, to think, reflect and ponder.
Asia has taught me that there is a personal solitude that is a very calming and healing place, a place to go to be alone, I enjoy my quiet solitude.

Quiet is that place where you will find the guidance you need to help you get past the negatives things pulling you down and hindering your creative flow..

We live in a world where the noise is constantly assaulting us.
I watch people walking around the street, earphones in their ears and noise being pumped into their minds.
Television is always on, from the moment they wake up until they go to sleep, all that fear and negativity going into their minds. I do not have a television, but when I see it at my friends place and watch the news and see all the death and destruction, I leave feeling quite down and depressed.
Most people today do not have an original thought and all their information which they believe is correct, comes directly from a very biased, fear generating media and we the Artists are also influenced by all of this.

Please Artists turn off the noise and sit down quietly and think.
Not about your problems, not about the very scary world out there, but just think about painting.
Not any painting in particular but just let the paintings ideas and ideas for paintings flow through your mind.
Get a piece of paper and scribble and create as the ideas flow.
Let the creative gift that you have operate, it is in you, let it flow, you are an Artist.
Turn off the noise and listen to that quiet creative voice within you and let that creativity flow out of you into your paintings.
I am not asking anyone to meditate or pray, but just to quieten down your world. I used to this with paintings I was having difficulty with, and just stare at them in the silence and I was always amazed that answer would come and the problem would be sorted out.
We are often our greatest critics, but also we have the answers within us to all our artistic challenges.
If you can discipline yourself to sit in the quiet and let your creativity energy flow, even for only 15 minutes a day, you will change your world.

The world is a nice place, turn off the noise and paint your life.