Once again, I’m using my blog as a refrigerator door – a place to hang my art, because I like what I made and want to share it. My original idea was to post two pictures – one of the art I saw on Pinterest that inspired me to bust out the acrylic paint last weekend, and a second pic alongside it of what I created (pictured) when I attempted to replicate the first picture. But when I saw my little painting alongside the original, all I could do was compare them and see the ways my work fell short. I’ll spare you the detailed account of what I failed to achieve and say again, I really do like how this piece turned out.

Needless to say, it was a no-brainer to remove the other photo. What’s been even easier is the take-away from this little lightbulb moment: resist the comparisons I make in every other aspect of my life. No one else can see the images I have in my head (where I should be at this point in my life, what I should look like, where I should live, where I should work), so I must stop acting like anything in my life has a side by side comparison. Every element is a little piece of art I’ve created, inspired by lots of things, but each one an original. Then all that’s left to do is enjoy them!