Art Archives - Christopher J Wesley | Fine Art and Fiction Artist

Once Upon a Time

April 22, 2019 by Christopher J Wesley Leave a Comment

Your story gets to start today if you need it to.

If your happier ever after hasn’t begun yet, you don’t have to wait for the new year, the new moon, or the new month. You don’t even have to wait for the new day.

Just. Start. Now.

This very second and begin writing the story you want to live in.

You don’t have to go big yet.

Just get that small win. You can build to the big stuff later.

All you need to do for today is end it knowing that you’ve set off on this new adventure you get to live and it’s the one that you chose.

#success #motivation #motivationmonday #love #life #lifestyle #goals #hustle #happy #mindset #inspire

Stop to Smell the Roses, Even if Your Roses Don’t Look Life Mine

April 19, 2019 by Christopher J Wesley Leave a Comment

What serves as a version of roses to you?

I heard an interesting perspective yesterday about hobbies listening to an @garyvee podcast. That for some, business is there hobby. It just so happens that their hobby makes their livelihood.

A completely different take on the notion of ‘workaholic.

Yes, I think it’s possible to work yourself too hard, but I think we as individuals need enough self-awareness to differentiate when we can keep going and when it’s best to put the brakes on.

So I encourage you today to take a moment and revel in your version of something that makes you happy.

It may look like the commonly accepted version of fun and relaxation.

If you’re like me, it will look like you’re working too hard.

Either way is okay and don’t let anyone tell you different.

As for me, I hired a veteran storyteller to keep me on track with my next book and I have pages that I’m excited to write.

It looks like work from the outside, but inside I am loving every second of it. Even when the story fights with me.

What do your roses smell like?

#success #mindset #motivated #feelgoodfriday #inspiration #lifestyle #love #hustle #artistlife #authorlife #artisticagenda #motivation

A Chorus Line (Just Breathe)

April 2, 2019 by Christopher J Wesley Leave a Comment

Clearing out space for the deep work.

This morning, I had it in my head that I was going to get at least an hour in on my novel, but instead spent all that time sending out emails to people I networked with at the #GenreLA conference this weekend.

I’m learning to relax my expectations of myself slowly, but surely.

I’m learning to take a moment to celebrate my wins, slowly, but surely.

I’m taking a moment to just breathe.

Slowly, but surely.

And after those breaths, I’m just going to admit it. I’m back to working on my book with next to every spare moment I’m not devoting to strategizing what’s up next with my fine art career.

As well as where and how the art intersects with my novel.

That isn’t really work though. At least not in the way it sounds.

There’s a freedom I find in there. A kind of meditation.

A view not unlike the image attached to this post.

How about you? Where is your bliss today?

Digital photo by Christopher J Wesley and available from my website. 😉

#mindset #bliss #photooftheday #artisticagenda #authorinspiration #artistinspiration #newart #contemporaryartist #followyourbliss #palmtrees #breath #justbreathe

If You Have Everything Under Control

March 26, 2019 by Christopher J Wesley Leave a Comment

Where Do You Find Inspiration?

February 1, 2019 by Christopher J Wesley Leave a Comment

I’m not a believer in “Happy Mondays”, the mid-week “Hump Day” or the “Happy Friday” because I make an effort to stack my entire week with good things.

It was at some point in my early twenties where I realized that I had begun spending five days of every single week looking forward to two. That was no fun at all.

So, I reinvented my calendar and… [Read more…]

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