Hello Dimensional Readers,

Last month has been a wild and long month. I’m glad to start a new month: August.

Out of all the many things to talk about, my elephant is in the room. This elephant is just one of many. This elephant

has a lot to say and has been pressing me all morning. I intended to be working on how to write better emails but yet

yet this elephant is going off like a thunderous storm. So here is what the elephant is saying. But first let me set the stage.

Yesterday, I was scrolling thru my emails like I do every morning. (The rule is delete at least 10). (That is a story for

another day). I come across an email to read. I click and read it but I scroll up to see a comment made by someone that

I don’t know. It made me kind of sad. The comment was in reference to how they love to draw. All it took was one

comment from someone and they just put the pencil down to never draw again. Later down the road they pick up a

pencil to try to draw only to discover they have zero desire to draw a thing. Sad story indeed. I posted “the I care

emoji’. What could one say? I could not get the right words at the time.

Here’s the elephant in the room. What could one say when one experiences something similar. I can’t say that I have

experienced the exact same thing because I don’t know all the details or the comment that was used. But what I can

say is this. Some people can say the most off the wall things about someone’s art ability whether it was ill intention or

not. With these comments, if not in good company, can be literally debilitating. Some times it takes us years to recover.

I can say this from my own experience’s. All I could say or can say that if you are in a situation like this, do grieve for

the hurt that was caused but (this is a big but) don’t ever set that pencil down to never draw again. this is the worst

possible thing one could do. Don’t ever give up! Being a Artist is a gift.

I know people who wish they could draw. All I hear from them, that all they can draw are stick people. (What they

don’t know is there are other people who want the Art of stick people). My point is this. There is always going to be

that one person who’s going to say something negative. On the other hand, there’s going to be people who say that

they absolutely love what you do. Who would you rather hang out with? The one who said the bad comment or the

one who said those amazing words you needed to hear? I can tell you I’m going to hang with the people who say the

amazing things I need to hear. The ones that truly mean what they say.

I’m truly sorry for the person who stopped drawing all together. Nothing can fix it except for time, and lots of

encouragement from all of us who know what it’s like. Luckily this person has turned to a fellow group of artists that

will wrap them up in art support.

This situation has compelled me to wonder how many other artists (young budding ones) and the old ones that are

kind to an artist whether we like their artwork or not?

out there in the world going thru this very thing. This just needs to just stop. the in justice of it all. Can we please be

The one person who comes to mind in my own world is long gone and I’m very certain that they wished they could

have been more loving and understanding. More supportive and whole lot less judge mental whether spoken or non

spoken.

I support Artist in need of encouragement.

Susan @ Colorful Dimensions 2 Arts

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Disclaimer: This is for entertainment purposes. This is my opinion alone and not intended to insult, offend or demean any one in anyway.