December 13, 2017
Dimension: 38 x 50 inches
Medium: Graphite pencil, black and white charcoal, white gel pen
Speaking in front of an audience, meeting new people, running up a steeper hiking trail, sharing my art, writing this post…these are a couple of things that scare me.
When I encounter something that scares me, I frantically try reach out and hop back into my bubble. My comfort bubble. In there, I feel at peace. I feel stable. I feel powerful.
There are many experiences that try to break through my comfort bubble. And try to break me. When that happens, I either avoid the experience all together or I build up a wall. A stronger more thick interior that can withstand change.
But over time I have always asked myself the same questions: What is wrong with change? With different? With facing my fears?
Nothing.
Nothing is wrong with that.
And over time, I have challenged to push myself to step of my comfort bubble even by a little bit. And instead of avoiding my fears and building a wall, I have come to welcome it and built a wall that is not stronger but adaptable. Because there is a whole other world outside of the bubble. And slowly, I have come to realize that my fears are actually helping me.
For fear is my friend who dives me to become a better, a tougher, happier, person.
What are the things that drive you to become a better person?
