As an artist am I being realistic about what I can accomplish with the many groups that I am in or is it an excuse to sabotage my career as a visual artist?...am I afraid of success?do I lack the courage to discipline myself?

I am in  many groups and work very hard to make each group a success,but lately I have found myself  feeling as though I am not accomplishing  anything and I am spending less time creating art.......This bothers me.

I recently finished a very big project that I had worked on for a year,during  that time I had major surgery and it took some time for my body to heal. I did take a little time to breathe after the project was completed but now I am thinking about my purpose in life.Which I truly feel is being a visual artist.

I am writing this blog to find out how other artist handle a situation like this .

I found that writing this blog made me realize that I need to cut back on some of the groups and spend more time creating and marketing my work.

I suppose we all go through "creative blocks" and perhaps this was one for me.

I must say that writing this blog helped me to "vent".....lol....I look forward to hearing what you have to say.

He walked into my booth wearing a Brooks Brothers Suit,$300.00 Shirt,Manicured Nails, $200.00 Haircut and Shoes so polished that you could see yourself in them. He had a subtle smell of very expensive cologne about himself. You could tell he was in command of his universe (or so he thought).

I welcomed him into  my booth and made small talk as he browsed among my latest works of art. As I looked at him an old song by the OJays came to my mind(Money,Money,Money,Moneeeeey)<smile>  Through our conversation I learned that he wanted to buy several large pieces for his home.

Eventually he selected several pieces that totaled $6000.00 and he wanted to have the frame changed on one of the pieces.I told him I would have to check with my framer. He said fine because he had to leave but would“be back” the following day to pay and pick up the pieces.

I had not had a large sale in a while and I was thinking of what I was going to do with the money,pay some bills,buy a new dress and might even get a manicure and pedicure. I was thinking of these things as I talked with my framer and they were happy to tell me that they had the exact frame that I wanted. I was as happy as  feedlot Cattle in a thousand acres of oats.lol

The next day he never showed up.




How would you have handled this situation?

Tell me your “Be Back” story.