Don’t Be Scared to Draw Outside the Lines — No Boundaries!
Nowadays everyone is so caught up in rules. Rules created by society. Rules created by ourselves. Rules that you follow but you have no idea why you are following them. Rules… Rules…Ruless…Rules galore!
Here’s a notion — what if we had no rules to adhere to? What if we could wake up in the morning and do whatever the hell we wanted? What if people were free to say, do, and act on impulse without thinking about the consequences? These “what ifs” interest me a great deal.
It may be unrealistic to think of this “material” world without having rules. I mean, with no rules there would be havoc and chaos. We’ve created rules, as a society, to keep ourselves in check. Are they good rules? I don’t know, that’s for you do decide.
But let’s talk about the rules of our minds, as individuals. In the mind no boundaries, regulations, and limits should exist. There should be no governing laws in the mind. Think, destroy, create, have a blast, do whatever you want with your mind. That’s the brilliant thing about having a mind. No one can take these freedoms away from you — except yourself.
Yet so many of us create boundaries in our minds. We cage our minds up. These same boundaries seep into our material worlds and inhibit us from doing great, extraordinary, magnificent things.
I say let loose! Let your mind wander! Draw outside of the lines! Because the mind is not concrete in nature. It’s a butterfly gracefully soaring through the sky without limits, without boundaries, and without rigid structures.
Fear. Stress. Protecting the status-quo. Being risk-adverse. These are all rules that we set in our minds. We tell ourselves “No, I can’t do this because I don’t have the skills” “I’m never going to find the solution, so let’s give up,” “This project is way too complex, I’m not smart enough” or “my family will hate me if I go in this or that direction.”
That’s all garbage. Throw it away. Those are rules that you are setting up for yourself, to your own detriment. Rules that will crush your potential as a creator. Rules that will extinguish your dreams. Rules that will keep you confined within those lines.
You’re an artist, so paint. Paint wherever your heart desires. No rules. No boundaries. Just allow yourself to be free. And when you have a free mind, anything is possible. Limits don’t exist. Your projects will become that soaring butterfly.
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