Usually I start with a title and then roll from there. Today I’m going to just start rolling and see what kind of title will sum it up.
I get all kinds of emails with covid-19 jokes and memes and sometimes just sayings. So today I just wanted to pick a couple that resonated with me or maybe I just thought they were funny or appropriate. I’m going to share them with you here.
The purple one I just think is funny…
But the one on the left I think can speak to our lives and even our artwork. If things don’t come out right the first time it makes no sense to beat yourself up over it. Just remind yourself about that Ant….
“Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again!…” Maybe I’m confusing two songs and maybe they were meant to go together…
“next time you’re found with your chin on the ground there’s a lot to be learned so look around. Just what makes that little old ant think he’ll move that rubber tree plant? anyone knows an ant can’t move a rubber tree plant!
But he’s got high hopes, he’s got high hopes, he’s got high apple pie in the sky hopes. So anytime you’re getting low instead of letting go just remember that ant…”
Okay so the other one was a Nat King Cole song… “Pick yourself up take a deep breath dust yourself off and start all over again nothing’s impossible I have found for one my chin is on the ground I’m pick myself up dust myself off and start all over again.”
They both seem to have the same message and I think we sometimes need to remember that when we’re creating art.
Hopefully you’ll remember one of these songs next time you’re feeling down.