{"id":5926,"date":"2019-06-04T16:37:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T20:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/?p=5926"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:38:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T20:38:59","slug":"unveiling-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/unveiling-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Unveiling Potential"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cThe more the marble wastes the more the statue grows.\u201d Michelangelo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It can be super motivating jumping aboard the self improvement train these days. Embracing growth, improve skill sets, reduce bad habits and seeking joy can be a positive track to discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If not mindful, this journey could become a freight train of constant self judgement, comparison risks and relentless desire  for impossible goals of perfection. Art & humanity are naturally, beautifully flawed. A fact, at times forgotten or linked to shame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When that happens, positive vibes no longer fuel learning fulfillment. Instead, energy depletes, disrupts and hinders progress. Its a no-win situation of push pull ; wanting to improve combined with severe self criticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artists may experience this within ( art is life long continuous learning skill) and externally. People often value art more if it looks like something they have seen before. \u201c\u2026 paint like Van Gogh and you will be onto something. \u201d \u201c Realism is the only mastery.\u201d Fans express opinions of the art, how the artist should look, or behave. \u201cYou need to dress like an artist and brood. Artists are usually moody, right?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may have encountered similar circumstance of negative peer pressure, unrealistic demands set by others, or yourselves. The acceleration to be more, driving what makes you special, away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wonderful reality is, you are unique from anyone in the world, and this is to be celebrated along a path to evolvement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the wise Dr. Seuss wrote: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations!
\nToday is your day.
\nYou\u2019re off to Great Places!
\nYou\u2019re off and away!\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can steer yourself
\nany direction you choose.
\nYou\u2019re on your own.  And you know what you know.
\nAnd YOU are the guy who\u2019ll decide where to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somehow you\u2019ll escape
\nall that waiting and staying.
\nYou\u2019ll find the bright places
\nwhere Boom Bands are playing.
\nWith banner flip-flapping,
\nonce more you\u2019ll ride high!
\nReady for anything under the sky.
\nReady because you\u2019re that kind of a guy!
\nOh, the places you\u2019ll go! There is fun to be done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

( excerpts from \u201cOh the Places You\u2019ll Go\u201d <\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possibilities are indeed endless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Use Michelangelo\u2019s theory with the idea you are both sculptor and marble. Amazing potential, knowledge and greatness already lie dormant within. You just need to set it free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let go of what does not serve you, and your shining authentic self emerges. \u201cThe more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.\u201d ~Anna Quindlen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cIf people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.\u201dMichelangelo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll miss the best things if your eyes are shut.\u201d Dr Seuss<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artwork~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Psyche & Cupid”<\/strong> pencil drawing 1986 ~ Dawn Banning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunset over Homestead (barn)<\/strong> 11×14 oil $660.oo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Beast- wood sculpture Manitou Beach, artist unknown.( photo Dawn Banning).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mountain<\/strong> 4ftx3ft oil $4,345.oo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Skies<\/strong> 4ftx2ft oil $3960.oo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roses <\/strong>14×18 oil $910.oo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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