The true artist



"A true artist does not define success based on approval from others. A true artist need only please himself."

 

It was a long time before I was stubbornly persuaded by an acquaintance to reveal my writings for public consumption. Even longer to stop me from deleting my blog posts.

 

So long to get over the self-doubt of whether I'm good enough as an artist (and I mean artist in it's broadest sense).

 

It's taken me six years of solid writing on public display for me to settle, finally, on this blog and to just write my 'essays', though I make no claim to be in the same league as 'Montaigne'.

 

Finally allowing myself to embrace a 'Stoic' philosophy, even though I have admired this in fiction from 'Batman' to 'Gotrek Gurnisson' - the 'Trollslayer', I finally feel ready to give back.

 

And the best thing is I no longer seek approval from others to define my 'success', rather I now please myself, and though I do hold myself to a certain level of 'high-standards', what I write from now, and 'post' from now on, will please me and any true artist need not seek the approval of others, rather a true artist need only please himself.