In my travels a few weeks ago, while standing in line at a well known arts and crafts store, I was looking at all of the temptations that were strategically placed for last minute impulsive purchases. My eye caught the rotating rack of Me and My Peeps decals. I have seen them on other cars, the drivers displaying their entire family and all of their pets along their back window. I thought they were cute, but I would then think, "what do you do when the family grows, the pets are gone, you add another and the line now needs to be altered?" So, when looking at them on the highway, I would think, "very cute, but not for me". Until that day!!
I am not a showy person, I am pretty conservative, I don't like to voice opinions on anything controversial, I just like to get along with everyone the best I can, and I don't put decals or bumper stickers on my car, until that day! (One time, however, way, way back, when I had a clunker of a Ford Escort, one of my kids slapped a WAAF rock radio station bumper sticker on my back bumper, to which I was surprised one day and thought, "rrrrrrrrr", but kept it on until the day the clunker went of the to the happy junk yard in the sky.)
So, there I was amusing myself looking at all of the mommy and daddy decals, everyone with different activities, and then, I found my decal: I Paint, a female artist with the easel and the canvas and paint brush. I was so surprised and excited! I looked to see how many there were, and there was just one, meant for me!! Of course, you know the rest of the story, I quickly snatched it up before anyone else beat me to it, I held it in tightly my hand so no one would grab it from me, and bought it, dashing out of the store before anyone would see me! (I was actually dashing because my lunch break was over and had to go back to work, but I like to imagine more to my life.)
My artist Peep is on the window of my car. I proudly display it, I proudly declare my mission and I proudly make the statement that I am an artist. When promoting myself, I must no longer be shy. This is all part of my reinvention, being confident and bold.
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