When I Paint My Masterpiece

Ever wonder when it's finally going to happen - your masterpiece, your greatest achievement. First the idea will hit you (right?). Will you be smart enough to listen to your inner-voice and follow through with it? Will it be difficult? You bet your ass it will be, but it'll be worth it.. won't it?

What exactly is it going to be? Well, I suppose that depends on who you are and what you are about. It could be a piece of music, it could be an illustration, whatever it is, when and more importantly how is it going to happen?

How can a person take their profession or supposed love to the next level to create their masterpiece? Is there a three-step program or a diagram of those that have gone before, or is it nothing but a blank piece of paper.

And sadly, whose to say it ever happens? What if you go your whole life and never reach your masterpiece? What does that say about you as a person, does that mean you failed? No, it doesn't mean that, but is it like your mother once told you? "I just wished you would of tried a little harder..." Is it that simple really?

Whose to say. How can one tell when they have poured all they can into a piece of work? Who is to define success and label the work a masterpiece? My dad use to say that until I dedicated myself 150 percent towards a project I wouldn't know what it meant to actually do work. At 21, I still don't believe I have, what does that say about me? Let's not worry about that for now - how about you? do you know what it means to work - have you achieved your masterpiece?