I am an artist.
I am not an artist.
I hold the brush.
What does the brush want?
I am an artist.
With the white canvas blinking back at me. Doubt, idea, direction, composition my mind as blank as the canvas. It used to be so easy. Today, the paint will not speak to me. If I make a line, somewhere to start. A mark. A face. Anything. What does any of this waste of time mean to me?
I am an artist.
I am not an artist.
With frustration I fling globs of color at the blank white enemy, watching as drips of paint stream down its face.
Am I an artist?
I will finish this piece, like so many before, and place you amongst your family in storage. The paint I have filled this closet. And pull out another white canvas.
I am an artist.
Writing for the steemit #freewrite challenge by 
For more information:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-102-5-minute-freewrite-monday-prompt-paint
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/writers-or-wanna-be-writers-wanted-be-free-freewrite
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@snook/easy-how-to-for-mariannewest-s-daily-freewrite-challenge
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