top of page

getting vulnerable about the new site


Ya'll, I know in the grand scheme of things - this really doesn't matter. But I did want to share a few thoughts about my new virtual home.


First, if you have been around for a while you know that I started painting a few years ago. Those of you that know me personally know that when I start something new I kind of shoot out of a cannon and I become pretty darn obsessed with it. When I say obsessed, I mean I become uber focused and I do it all the time until I burn out - in my family we call that the "Moore one track mind." I come by it naturally.


But when I started the site over a year ago to share my pictures and paintings I did it for all the wrong reasons. I literally thought - I have to pay for this hobby because it's not cheap.


And then something happened - no one was buying. Granted, I wasn't doing a lot of marketing AND I wasn't really interested in getting into a full fledged business because, well - I do have a career and family - but it was hard and I wasn't ready for it.


As an artist and creative, you put yourself out there all the time. Sharing your work is quite a vulnerable experience and I took the lack of sales as rejection. I started thinking - I must not be any good.


I was also going through a whole lot of personal stuff - which I plan to share more on soon - which didn't help. And so guess what... I stopped painting.


When I say painting gives me joy, I mean it gives me JOY. It lights me up. It fills my cup. It fuels my soul. As I moved through my year last year God really did a transformation on my heart (again, coming in those stories) and I realized that I let something go that gave me so much all because I felt rejected by no one buying on my website. What?


I had to ask myself "Alison, are you painting for others approval or are you painting because you need it, love it and it feeds your soul?" I wrestled with this and realized my entrepreneurial self let my ego get in the way and I needed to re-shift my focus.


I began to ask myself - why are you painting? Was I seeking other's approval? Did I want people to stroke my ego? Was I really painting to make money? And the answer to all of this was, "no." I paint because I love it. I paint because it recharges me. I paint because I am wired to creatively express myself. I paint to feel closer to God. I paint to foster gratitude. I paint so I can feel.


I had it all wrong when I started this site over a year ago. This wasn't about me selling my work. This was about me feeding my soul. So I created this "creative mantra" that I started using every time those feelings of rejection would start popping up (more on this later) - reminding myself why I create, why I paint.


So, my hope is that you see my new site as not just as a place to purchase my work (if that is what you want) but a place that offers you beauty, hope, and meaning. This place is my virtual home. It is where I can express the pieces of myself that if left dormant and untended I won't feel as alive. It is a place to inspire. A place to find joy and if you discover a piece of art that you need for yourself, my prayer is that it brings you just as much joy as it did me while creating it.

132 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All
bottom of page