It's never too late

Last year, at the end of the year, I decided to put aside everything that made me afraid of making art, or at least empowering myself with it. Or at least I've been trying. The first step was to admit that my work is plural and continues to evolve, the second was that I wanted to exhibit my original works, then came the invitation from a dear friend, the artist Igor Villa, for me to join him in his first exhibition of year and well, I got it. For years I've wanted to take another step towards my authorial production, my research, but my head was spinning just thinking about it and as soon as I thought about it, I already listed a bunch of obstacles. The well-known and often infallible impostor syndrome attacked again and what did I do? I gave up. Until my health complained (everything resolved now) and the cliché: life is now, took over me. I decided to create my first crowdfunding campaign to support my first exhibition. I launched the campaign and it was a success. I didn't believe it. This pushed me to create, after all there was no turning back now and I had to deliver an exhibition to the 60 supporters of the campaign and their rewards. It would be a rush, especially because the life of a freelance artist is an endless rush. Exhibition day has arrived! And I was happy. I didn't care if they liked my works, I was already very happy to have gotten there, I had finally taken that step and I was very proud of what I had taken to exhibit. It is so important to value and see our achievements, no matter how small they may seem within the great process that is life. It is important to recognize the journey and celebrate it when the occasion calls for it. I often forget, but not this time. I celebrated each stage, and that's what I decided to write about... that it's never too late to CELEBRATE our achievements.