New Beginnings

When should you completely start over? Is it when erasing doesn’t remove a mark, or when your colors become muddy and lose their freshness? The answer is entirely up to you. I believe most works can be revived, but sometimes it’s simply better to start anew. Use what you learned from your first attempt to avoid making the same mistakes. I don’t have advice, but I’ve

I once left my work on the table and walked away from it for four years. Crazy, right? In my early twenties, I pursued art independently, mostly isolating myself in my own bubble. I didn’t know many other artists and didn’t socialize much. This meant I was carving my own path—maybe more of a meandering one rather than a straight shot. As someone with no sense of direction, that definitely sounds like something I’d do.

At that time, I didn’t love what I was creating and wasn’t finding enough success to live comfortably as an artist. Eventually, I reached a dead end. What’s next? For me, I stopped making art. This was the first step toward starting over, even if I didn’t recognize it at the time.

Quitting vs Starting over:

I did’t truly know what i was deciding to do when i stopped making art. We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to live our identities, but you can quit