The artist is afraid of finding out who she is. This fear, I suspect, is more about finding we are greater than we think than discovering we are lesser. What if, God help us, we actually have talent? What if we truly do possess a gift? What will we do then?*
Steven Pressfield
You are the light of the world.**
Jesus of Nazerath
Owning our talents
never comes free of
demand and challenge,
Failure and transformation.
Plenty here to cause
discomfort and fear,
But also bring us to
the life electric.
*Steven Pressfield’s The Artist’s Journey;
**Matthew 5:14
