Now before I get any rocks thrown at me I should just be clear that I am not against the idea of workshops. I am all for learning from each other and sharing ideas, in fact I think it is an integral part of the Artists journey. What I am saying is that you as an Artist should be focusing on enhancing your own unique voice instead of trying to learn how to reproduce some watered down version of somebody else's ideas and vision.

You are an Artist, a storyteller with a unique gift that needs to be shared with the world. The sooner you become aware of that gift and allow it to be heard the sooner your Art will begin to stand out from the thousands of others out there.

The sounds drifting through the air as you nervously try to contain the pounding of your heart in your chest.

The soft breeze as it gently brushes the hair from in front of her eyes.

Every tiny crack on her perfectly softened lips as you awkwardly lean into the moment you have been playing over and over in your head.

It has probably been many years since your first kiss but everything about that moment seems to have been absorbed with such awareness that it will never fade.

As time goes on you have your second and your third kiss and before you know it you stop noticing the warmth of her breath just as your lips touch. The music that is playing suddenly fades into the background as your brain goes into a state of awareness{less} and the number of kisses you can’t remember grows into the uncountable.

Your brain tells your conscious that you have done this so many times before, there is really no need to be aware of every element of the story, it is ‘probably’ just like the thousand kisses before this one... but it’s not. No matter how similar it may seem every kiss is a unique story that needs to be remembered as if it was your first.

This can only be done by taking your mind from a state of awareness{less} into a state of awareness, to not just use the blueprint you already have stored but to create a fresh one every time.