Arlene Wright-Correll

There is a Difference Between Can’t and Never Tried©



Posted: Friday, January 06, 2012

by Arlene Wright-Correll
http://www.learn-america.com



This week’s email question asked “Why do you keep insisting that everyone can create art?”

Since humans started to draw on cave walls art has been created.  It is an inherent trait significant only to the human species.  From just about everyone who walks into our studios both Carl and I hear “I can’t even draw a straight line.”   Both our answers are, “You never tried.”

Kids try everything because they have no fear of failing and as we grow older the fear of failing grows within us so we go through life without trying some of the most exciting or challenging or rewarding experiences we can have.

Perhaps our first art project as an adult might not be as rewarding as we would like, but very few people sit down at a piano and play a concerto immediately.  Like a musical instrument one has to practice, drill and rehearse.  With the right instructor, video, DVDor lessons in any kind of art medium and with practice one will see improvement each time.  The only thing one needs is the D word and that D word is desire.  The desire to create whatever it is you want to create.

Let’s suppose you do not want to be a full time artist, but you want to be a successful business person whether you are an entrepreneur or work for someone else.  You can rest assured that most everyone who is successful in there business has some sort of internal creativity.  I know I do and I used it for 43 years in a totally unrelated business.  When I retired from that business I decided to take up my brushes and pencils and see where it would lead me.

I look back at those paintings and drawings 12 or more years ago and compare them against today’s work and I see marked improvement.  I also see a marked improvement in not only my sales, but my sale prices.  Along the way I have met interesting people and like-minded people who have shared their trade secrets with me.

I do not care how busy you say you are because whether you are a professional or a novice artist the minute you become involved in any creative art process you are going to get lost in the moment, you are going to feel the stress and anxiety drop out of your life and you are going to become so liberated that you will discover what true freedom is.

Even when I cook I know that cooking is an art and along life’s long road I discovered the art of living well in today’s world without dragging along a lot of trappings. My gardening has become an art as I let my creative juices flow.

Getting creative doesn’t take a lot of money, it simply takes a little time and it takes you giving yourself permission to become creative and there are plenty of inexpensive workshops out there waiting for you to try one of them. 

Come for a free tour and demonstration at AvalonStainedGlassSchool & CreativityCenterduring business hours. Questions?  Just email me at askarlene@scrtc.com or call me at 270 524 9567.

May the Creative Force be With You



Arlene Wright-Correll

About the Author & Artist. Arlene Wright-Correll (1935- ___), popular American award winning Artist, published author, columnist, & is the resident art instructor for Avalon Stained Glass School, at the age of 68, decided to pick up her paint brushes again after 54 years and paint.  She is a cancer and stroke survivor who is able to strive forward each and everyday to welcome the beauty of this small planet.  She also is a China & Porcelain painter, Sandblasting & Etching, Stained Glass & fused glass Artisan. She is one of the six KY Artists who worked 6 months to create the dolls for Journey Jots in 2006 and a Smithsonian Institute art exhibit in 2008. Her published books can be found here . She is also a featured writer for GreenThumbArticles.com and teaches Art Vacation Holidays at Avalon Stained Glass School and Creativity Center.

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Just found your articles. Thank you for posting this, I really enjoyed reading it.
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you are so welcome Amanda.
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