Luck vs Opportunity

Guest blogger Jenni Ward is an artist with a track record of museum exhibitions. She shares her thoughts on how artists can create “luck” for themselves.

You know that moment when you have an amazing thing happen to you in your art career and you share it with friends, family or whatever stranger is standing next to you and the genuine kindhearted response is: “How lucky for you!” Does it make you cringe?

Yeah, me too. Because I don’t feel lucky. I feel like I put my time in and I earned a chance at that opportunity – it didn’t just magically happen. What I have learned is that you will not sell or exhibit your art, no matter how beautiful just by making it – it is simply not enough. But, I have also learned that by being dedicated enough for long enough, with deliberate and smart efforts, then sales and opportunities will fall into your lap “effortlessly”.

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