Struggle – Artonomy

A little while back I wrote about the difficulty of learning a new skill and how you would have to navigate what Seth Godin calls "The Dip". The bit of your journey where the initial optimism and excitement of what you are trying to learn wears off and you are faced with the steep and harsh climb up the cliff face of learning towards mastery. This is the bit thats unforgiving and just not that much fun. You have to dig deep and pull through it to get to the other side. At the moment I am struggling to learn THE most difficult art related skill I have ever faced. Therefore I wanted to share with you the following WONDERFUL image which beautifully illustrates the struggle we all face when trying to learn new skills or improve our current ones. I don't know the artist of this image or when it dates from. I found it on the wall of a tattooists in Louisiana. Thats all I know, but a picture speaks a thousand words. If you are struggling with your own journey, take a look and share it. Hopefully it will help you find your own path... Please click the blurry image below to see it in all it's full size glory... The Road To Success