Portfolio

It’s curious to look at the works of artists in the past, such as painters and sculptors. We can see how much their work has evolved since their youth. Once they’ve reached their peak, we can see how polished their work is, and we understand that their success wasn’t something that happened overnight, but a long struggle of successes and failures.

At some point in their life, the volume of their work declines, and it seems as if something interrupted their productivity. It could be illness, or maybe it was the circumstances of the time. Perhaps the art world ignored them, and turned their attention to the next big thing at the time.

When we look at writers, some have written an extensive body of work, such as Isaac Asimov, while others only released a handful of books, such as Harper Lee. Sometimes it just takes one book for an author to become a huge success, while for others, it takes several books before they finally get published or reach wide acclaim.

Regardless of the size of our portfolio, what’s important is that the work itself is of great importance to us. If we feel that there is more to say in our body of work, then we should continue in our work. If not, we should find something else that is fulfilling to us.