Category: Inspiration

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10 Things Never To Say To An Artist

10 Things Never To Say To An Artist

The SFNers (Something For Nothing crowd) do this but won’t change as a result of reading this. After all, it’s all about them, isn’t it?

Artists, HTFU and realise this will happen, time and again. Refuse to prostitute yourselves. Convert every disappointment to a resolve to excel at your art so more people will appreciate your art and those with money who appreciate it will pay more for your work.

To non-artists, an artist receives pay in three ways. Cash, admiration and word of mouth. Make sure you don’t short change them on any of the three.

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Are You At The Devil's Mercy?

Most people believe the devil lives far from them.
The mainstream media would have you believe evil
is three dictators on far off lands – the axis of evil.
In fact, the triumvirate of evil lives far closer to home.
At least from a health perspective.
It is an undereducated mind,
a weak backbone and
sugar loving taste buds.
If you love sweet things
and don’t know how poisonous is sugar
or do know but can’t resist the addiction,
then you are at the devil’s mercy.

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Old Farmer’s Advice

Old Farmers Advice
Gotta love the practical, earthy experience that shines throw this advice!
* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled.
* Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
* It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached.
* Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.
* Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.
* Don’t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t botherin’ you none.
* Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.
* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
* The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin’.
* Always drink upstream from the herd.
* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
* Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.
* If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.
* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

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Courage by Theodore Roosevelt

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. –