Alway's remember...

Once you are an artist, you are always an artist. Like swimming, you cannot forget how to create. The source of your inspiration may occasionally seem hidden by the brambles of daily life, but it is always there at your center, like a deep pool of clear water, a spring welling up from the depths of your persona, self-renewing, and waiting for you to plunge in.

You may temporarily lose your inspiration or become discouraged about your current direction. You may find it difficult to schedule creative time, or you may have absolutely no self-discipline and succumb to every distraction that comes along. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up connections to the art community. In all these cases, delving back into any art form will get your motor going again. Artists, especially dancers, never stop taking classes, never stop attending events, never stop learning.

There is always a little criticism and it may whisper negative things in your ear to make you stop trying new or risky things, in a misguided effort to protect you or push you in the 'right direction'. Know it for what it is, and ignore it.

Deven P Brawley
Artistic Director
d'shire dance collective