{"id":21015,"date":"2015-10-21T16:35:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T20:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?p=21015"},"modified":"2015-10-21T16:35:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T20:35:53","slug":"moving-from-should-to-must-as-an-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?p=21015","title":{"rendered":"Moving from &#8220;should&#8221; to &#8220;must&#8221; as an artist."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>This is a great suggestion by our member Rick Strong:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Elle Luna was working as the lead designer at a San Francisco startup when she started having a recurring dream\u2014night after night, for months. It was a vision of a white room with large windows. She didn\u2019t know what it meant, but the dream was so powerful that she decided to try to find the white room. She did (on Craigslist, of course) and moved in. But once she\u2019d moved in to the room of her dreams, her next thought was \u201cWhy am I here?\u201d And in a loud voice, the room answered her, \u201cIt\u2019s time to paint.\u201d So\u2014for the first time since college\u2014she began to paint.<\/p>\n<p>Torn between a demanding full-time job and painting at night, Elle was having difficulty committing to either fully. She decided to take a huge leap of faith\u2014to follow her bliss and begin painting full time. Unsure of what was going to happen, she nonetheless felt that she was on the right path.<\/p>\n<p>Elle published an essay on her experience; titled <span class=\"bbc_color\">\u201cThe Crossroads of Should and Must,\u201d <\/span>it quickly went viral, and she decided to extend the post into an illustrated book with the same name. In the book, she lays out her theory of the paths of Should and Must. She explains, <em>\u201cShould is what we feel we ought to be doing, or what is expected of us. Must is the thing we dream of doing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Elle followed her Must, and after some very productive time in her studio craved some solitary time outside in nature. She bought a Westfalia VW camping van, packed up a few of her favorite things (including her dog Tilly), and hit the road. Her experience has proved to her that the studio of her dreams is not a physical place but a place within, and she can go there whenever she needs to.<\/p>\n<p>Adobe Video here:<br \/>\n<a class=\"bbc_link\" href=\"http:\/\/create.adobe.com\/2015\/10\/6\/artist_elle_luna_on_her_path_and_her_journey.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/create.adobe.com\/2015\/10\/6\/artist_elle_luna_on_her_path_and_her_journey.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit: The above picture belongs to Elle Luna&#8217;s website and was introduced here for better reference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><span class='ldc-ul_cont' onclick=\"alter_ul_post_values(this,'21015','like')\" >Likes<img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/like-dislike-counter-for-posts-pages-and-comments\/images\/up.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>(<span>2<\/span>)<\/span><span class='ldc-ul_cont' onclick=\"alter_ul_post_values(this,'21015','dislike')\" >Dislikes<img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/like-dislike-counter-for-posts-pages-and-comments\/images\/down.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>(<span>0<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a great suggestion by our member Rick Strong: Elle Luna was working as the lead designer at a San Francisco startup when she started having a recurring dream\u2014night after night, for months. 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