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Betty J Billups's avatar

For the past week, seems each time I come on the net, the subject has radiated around the word "LOVE"! I shared on one of these links, that as a 10 year old my Dad told me: "You will soon learn that Love is the bottom Line." If I do not feel a love for the subject, nor when painting that my passion does not "rise to the occasion", there's really no reason to pull out the brushes & continue! Passion cannot be "captured" with mere knowledge, nor with 100% "control", nor for any amount of money! Passion is the ultimate expression of my Soul! We have to get out of the way so that the Creator of LOVE can enter into our art, no matter how small or large that expression is! Without Passion and Love, there really is no CREATIVITY, and thus no reason to paint.

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Marsha Hamby Savage's avatar

I totally understand the thoughts about the word amateur. And, I have never thought of it as derogatory. And, I can understand someone saying they are, and meaning they couldn't care less about making any money at it. But, then to say the word "professional" can have the idea of only in it for the money. Not in a lot of cases! I call myself a professional. I do my art for the love of it, and happen to have made money and approach selling my art in a professional manner as best I can! I also give away a lot of art as well. To me saying a professional is in it for the money is wrong in my case. I do not have to make money at this, it just keeps me feeling better about the ability to purchase my supplies and continue.

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