smells like work

Genius is something I am not. I like to make jokes that I am a  genius. I am not a genius. I am obsessed with genius and I study it and read about it and I joke about being one but I am not one. I think it is important to to talk a big game and then force yourself to step up and fill some big shoes. If you try to jump the grand canyon and fail can anyone blame ya?? If you shoot for the stars and fail is it not still a feat? I think artists should live bold and be willing to shoot for the moon and the stars. If you live in fear then I cant help you. Go big or go home. The only thing I can brag about is that I work harder than you do. I make more art more drawings more glass pieces more watercolors more sketches more oil paintings more childrens books more book covers more crazy inventions and more crap than you do. I have 7 websites and 8 blogs and more plans for future art than I can ever make. I have made more art in my life than all my artist friends combined. This just a simple fact. it is not bragging. art and genius is about one thing--perspiration. Luck favors the bold and those with sweat on the brow. If I am not making  art I am promoting my art or inventing ideas or doodling or bloggin about art. There is no TV, no movies, no vacations just me and my brushes and and long lonely hours. Sometimes I get so stressed fro mwork I slam a bottle of red wine and wake up with a headache and paint some more. I ca naccept failure from anyone what I dont accept out of humans---especially artists is people who dont  step up to the plate. fear is nothing--it is a joke, a straw scarecrow that when kiecked falls over like a doll. life is short and so is pain...get on your horse.