Know what you want to paint, but focus your mind with the day to day because together each day will make the whole picture. Paint your picture on time. Time is the canvas on which you make your brush strokes. Each stroke seemingly insignificant until you take a step back and view the whole picture. The discipline to make repetitive brush strokes, and the detachment to see how each stroke fits into the entire context of the painting.
What is it you are painting? It is your life’s story. Your legacy. A painting will remain painted even after the painter is long gone. Will your painting be one that is remembered and passed down through time? Will it revolutionize new genres? Will it shatter perceptions and encourage people to think differently? What will your painting be?