Vincent van Gogh and you.

Last night I was thinking about Vincent van Gogh and his life story and how important it seems in hindsight but how insignificant it must have felt to him. I can look back at him through his fame and now celebrated as one of the great Artists of all time, but what if he had lived, would it have been different?
He certainly could have lived into the 1930's and he would most assuredly have experienced the success he deserved.
Then I thought about all the Artists that I know and the struggle that they go through and it hit me, Vincent van Gogh is you.

He was a local Artist and his family and friends loved his paintings and he gave them away to them.
His brother tried to sell his paintings in a gallery but was unable to.
He was misunderstood because he suffered from depression as many of us Artists do and have done.
His paintings were very different and people did not like them.

He was different and so was his work, is that you?
He was rejected.
He was laughed at.
He died way to young.
He left a big body of work.
Vincent van Gogh, worked very hard at his craft against the odds.
Did he give up, no?

The moral of the story is never never give up believing in yourself, you will get the success you deserve if you can just go the distance.
Art is being around long enough to be noticed, getting attention, to be appreciated and to be taken seriously by collectors.
Artistic recognition is not a sprint, its a marathon.