Resistance Runs Deep

copyright 2011 Julie Ann Duris

So I'm wondering if I should concentrate on developing this whole hand-lettering thing into more than a hobby.

I have lots of ideas of what I could create. The alphabet to the left is just one style I enjoy creating.
I have collected other hand-lettering artists work for inspiration, but mostly to study it and assure myself that I can do it just as well. Not in comparing to boost my ego but in confidence building knowing I have the same kind of artistic DNA in me as well.
Because I do love being an artist.
It's what God gave me to communicate his virtues. The great stuff of life like generosity, compassion, gentleness and grace. 
So how do I do that with hand-lettering? I have ideas. I'll figure it out. I'll be inspired. Not from a colorful bolt of lightening but by just trusting in who God created me to do this work and then doing it. 
And at the risk of sounding Disney-esque, working more from my heart and less with my head. It's in my head that I can self-critique, become distracted and talk myself out of even completing a project. 
I agree and should probably have a plaque over my desk with this quote from Steven Pressfield, "When something beautiful is trying to come into the world it will face an equal and opposite resistance." 
So here I go into this new year with a big assignment to push through the resistance and have beautiful things to display. 
I'll keep you posted.