Comments on: Home of the Brave

By: Jessie

Jessie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:37:35 +0000

leah, i am so glad that you are doing this! i am catching up with your blog tonight and feel so filled by your words. and, i must say, congratulations on getting another commission! i hear ya on the fear thing. i notice that i tend to tighten up a bit when doing commissioned pieces. it always works out in the end, but i’m learning not to promise anything to specific to the people i am painting for. i’ve started telling people that i need to leave room for “magic” and for the “paint to express itself.” saying this makes me feel better and people always seem to respond well to the idea of the unexpected surprises that can be found in the creative process.

it’s definitely a process and i have so much to learn about myself and letting go. i think your piece is beautiful and i am sending you mucho courage and lots of love!
j.

By: Connie

Connie — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:25:34 +0000

I'm with you girl!!! We can all be brave together...then after awhile we'll learn there really is nothing to be afraid of at all!!

Love the commission. It is going beautifully!

Peace & Love.

By: Tammy Vitale

Tammy Vitale — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:52:58 +0000

ah, more Subway Stories. Wonderful! I, too, gave you an award over at my blog (more! you deserve more!)

By: Doreen

Doreen — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:27:32 +0000

Hi Leah, I have given you the Arte y Pico award... you can pick it up on my blog and I just have to say that I appreciate you, your blog, your inspiration to myself and others with your sharing of your creative energy.
With much gratitude,
Doreen

By: Pattie Mosca

Pattie Mosca — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:02:48 +0000

Arrived here this morning via Chantal...I too have recommitted to the BE BRAVE PROJECT...This is a fabulous piece you have going here...overcoming creative fear for clients is a difficult one that I also struggle with, but I know that they would not have commissioned US if our style did not speak to them...
Artfully Yours,

By: Chantal

Chantal — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:23:04 +0000

I so relate to the need to be brave as I’m preparing to stop what I’ve been doing for a living for the past 13 years. And it was an act of “bravery” which got me into that kind of freelance work then, so now that it no longer works for me, surely I can take another chance and find my bliss somewhere else. But where? What? That is the question…

Isn’t synchronicity fascinating? In my experience, the more you notice it, the more it happens. It surely makes life feel extra magical. I think I’ve read most books on the topic, including C.G. Jung’s. You might also enjoy “Synchronicity”, by my friend Deike Begg.

By the way, I’ve nominated you for a blogging award Details are on my blog.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:14:04 +0000

Welcome to the BE BRAVE group, Leah! Your rules sound perfect and nice and gentle. I have questioned myself about the intensity with which I am pursuing BE BRAVE and wondering if I would do better with days interspersed to process all of the changes. Reading your post, I’ve realized that I do indeed have permission to make my own rules, so I’m going to do it! Thank you for your inspiration today, xxoo, O

By: rowena

rowena — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:16:34 +0000

Me too, Brave One.

I think I would like to push myself out of my comfort zone. What seems like daily ordinaries to other people is often really hard for me.

And sometimes those things that I want to be daily ordinaries for me, are really scary... like writing in my novel. Which was my brave act for today. If I hadn't thought about bravery, I wouldn't have written at all. In the end, I wrote five pages.