Picking up my Art Awards
How often do you celebrate your achievements or do you brush them under the carpet?
It is important to regularly celebrate the achievements and accomplishments that you make, it doesn't have to be anything big or lavish, but needs to be noted, so that in those times of doubt you have something to look back on, or you can as it were 'dip into the well' to remind yourself.
Do you quietly allow those momentous occasions to pass you by with other people getting more excited than you? Do you hope your achievements will gain the approval of others, not valuing the importance of stepping out and knowing your worth?
When I talk about celebrating your achievements there are so many different ways in which you can do it, and the important thing is that you do celebrate in some way to mark the occasion acknowledging the work that you put in to get to where you got.
We can get in the mode of achieving things but not acknowledging them because other people feel insecure, or are you the sort of person who waits for affirmation from others, and don't recognize what you have done as an achievement.
Blow your own trumpet!
Not everyone grows up being told how great they are, how much talent they have or that the world is indeed their oyster which means they can have anything their hearts desire.
You can't wait for someone to see your value you have to see it first within yourself. Why not make something of the hard work that you have put in there are others who would be happy to celebrate alongside you and would be inspired.I shared some of the recent success I had with some of my work in Barbados.
Angles Walk Among Us - Silver Award
I received 3 awards (2 Bronze and 1 Silver) in the The National Independence Festival Of Creative Arts (NIFCA) Barbados for 3 Sculptures I created. I shared my successes HERE. It was great to be part of the exhibition and there were many beautiful pieces of work on display, both professional, and emerging.
Mixed media art Sculpture - The Dancer - Bronze Award
The Dancer, which received the NIFCA Bronze award was snapped up and made its way to a home in the UK. I shared my achievements, wrote down the date and how I felt about it in my journal.
The Dancer - in her new UK home
My work is available for viewing and sale on my website - Realityarts.orgSo why not blow your own trumpet, even for a moment, look at what you have achieved, write it down and give thanks for a new day to achieve something else, and the fuel that keeps you going in those times of doubt when you look back and see how far you have come.
What about you? what have you done in your life that you have brushed under the carpet? what can you celebrate be it big or small? And without knowing it you could be that spark and motivation that someone else needs to celebrate their achievements.
Stay blessed and be a blessing!
