Makoto Fujimura | A Letter to Young Artists
Have you ever felt awkward, and felt the “lumps”? If you are an artist, perhaps you began your journey realizing that you are different from others. We have gotten used to having these “lumps” and accepted the fact that to the world the “lumps” looks strange and unnatural. Your teachers and your friends may not fully understand your intuition to try to fly with your winged “lumps.” What started out, at first, as trying to be yourself, may have become an effort to shield and protect your true identity from the world. Perhaps rebellion became the only path you could journey on. Your “lumps” became a defense mechanism, or even a weapon.
What if Lewis is right, and you are destined to “fly”? What if our awkwardness, and our uniqueness points to the potential of the person we are meant to become? In order to learn to fly, you need to be patient, and ready to experience many failures; we need an environment where we can fail often, but you also need opportunities to peer into the wonders and mysteries of the vista of the world to come. Since many, including those in the institutions of the schools or churches, will not understand, you may have to create “fellowship” yourself. Do not be surprised by their rejections.
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friendlier-in-the-city reblogged this from iwritetobreathe and added:
successful NYC artist, Mako Fujimura...such a grounded person.
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goodgirlchronicles said:
Thank you for this… for sometime now I’ve been trying to remember the name of this Japanese artist because of something he said about Mary Magdalene being the quintessential artist, which he also talks about in this letter. Thanks!
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