a lot has changed, but not much happened... just a little growing, I guess...

I've had a long "artist-block", but I'm starting to get past it. I NEED to anyways... I finally finished a painting and that means a lot b/c I never do... I never think my work is good so I stop working on it all together. Especially now that I've seen more art(not my own) and done a bit more myself... I see what I can/cannot do, and seen what others excel at... I compare it to myself (VERY BAD TO DO sometimes), and usually I just tend to learn from it, but when I'm not feeling so good or just in a bad mood, I'll turn the learning into criticism and not the good kind either... most of the time (during my block) I've done the bad kind of criticism and abandoned my art and just stuck to having a job... now I'm 23 and realized that time really does just fly by if you're not smelling the roses... getting back to myself in a way.. getting back to what I know belongs to me. Slowly getting back to it all... even if it takes a bit long, I just know not to stray away this time.