My 1st question for God is, does it upset you when your creations don't live up to your expectations? Given free will and all you must have to resign yourself to whatever comes, right? But how can you not have an expectation? I always have an expectation that greatness will emerge. How to live with imperfection? My 2nd question, how do you live with disappointment? In creating art I face failure and disappointment as much as I embrace surprise and exhilaration! Yin and yang, light and dark always two sides, opposites. I want to be able to embrace the joy of failure. I feel so deeply useless when I spend the day painting and come up with nothing that satisfies me. Of course, I know so well it's the journey but I keep chasing the illusive masterpiece that most certainly will come, that is surely right around the corner. How the great artists must have suffered punishing themselves for not creating what in their minds was their great work! Looking at their works did they not achieve their desired end? Dd they ever accept and acknowledge there masterworks and feel triumphant? What makes a masterpiece? Is it great art if it's in an art gallery? Is it great art if you sell a ton of it? Did the beloved artists we so admire today feel successful or know deep in their hearts that they had created something extraordinary that was of value to them? Do we need validation from others to make our art valuable? Or is it valuable because we value it? My 3rd question for God, can an artist ever be satisfied, content?
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