Whaddup beautiful people? It is your homegirl, Shameless.
If you guys are in class, I want you to pause. I want you to watch me later when you finish school.
But, I love artists. Artists make the world go round. Artists make the world a better place.
And I get a lot of comments, emails from artists. So I hope this video, guys, helps you.
Before you ask me any questions, read the description box. I list a whole bunch of awesome information in that description box. You just gotta click 'show more.' Okay?
But let's get into it! I have 10 tips.
But for the purposes of ADD and YouTube, I'm gonna give you 5 here, and 5 later.
I cannot stress this enough. Over-analyzing. Doubting. Second-guessing. All of that comes from over-thinking.
So stop thinking so much, unless they're thoughts of positivity and love, and just do and create!
Do, do, do, do, do! My goodness!
Doing is what manifests, is what inspires, is what grows you.
So think less. Do more.
Tip number 2.
Again you guys, this is coming from experience. I'm not saying that I've never gone through this--I've gone through all of this; this is why I'm saying it.
This is almost like a video to former Maya.
Stop thinking you're better than everyone else and everyone else is s**t and you're so perfect.
No. That doesn't help you and it doesn't help the world!
Complaining and hating--oh my goodness--did you realize that the only person it backfires on is you?
Did you know if you give negativity, you will receive it tenfold?
The world, the universe; God will give you a reason to complain, will give you a reason to hate.
Will give you a reason to continue to look out and not deal with this ish going on in here.
The minute you find yourself complaining, that's like a reminder.
I use--'cause I still, you know, I still do--I get tings of like, animosity, of like, jealousy--ugh, I hate that word. But jealousy.
But the moment I feel that, I pause and I say 'Maya, you need to address what's going on here. Why do you feel that way?'
Because this is not the problem. The problem is here and how I perceive the world.
So the minute you can stop wasting your energy on complaining and hating--'cause that does not do anything--all it does is bounce back into your face. Okay?
That's just a moment for you to be like, 'wait a minute. What do I need to fix in my life? What can I do to make this world a better place? What can I do that will be proactive?'
And artists--a lot of artists think they're better than non-artists or whatever. No you're not! Get off your high horse!
Humble your attitude. You have a lot to gain when you can just strip your mind and yourself of your ego, and just look at life and be curious and say, 'what can I learn from this?'.
There's always a lesson to be learned in everything.
Okay! Enough verbal diarrhea.
Sharing is caring! Celebrate it!
You have a gift, and that gift was given to you. Not to be hoarded, not to be selfish.
A lot of artists are actually self-indulgent.
Artists like to dwell and indulge in negative things that deal with their self.
They like to be like, ''oh, it's not there yet. It's not perfect. It's not this--I still need a little bit more time. I still--''
I, I, I, I, me, me--shut up!
Shut up! Did you realize that your work, the gift you have, can inspire and potentially save someone's life?
Stop being a hoarder and share it!
It's not yours to keep, it's yours to share.
You can inspire someone. Someone is waiting to be inspired.
I have this. This poster that I will show a closeup of, link in description box.
This was designed by Good Fucking Design Advice.com. And it was designed by an artist.
And had this artist not put this out there, I would not have it on my wall to remind me day in and day out that I made a pledge to be fearless.
So as an artist, know that you need to get over yourself and you need to share.
And an easy way to do that is galleries and contests.
Submit your work into a contest and I'll tell you right now, you have to be shameless and promote that stuff.
You gotta tell your friends and family to vote for you.
That's a simple and easy way to get over yourself.
And not to say that you'll stop having those thoughts--they'll be there--but you'll be doing something.
So who cares if the thoughts are there? You're actually doing something and it's not preventing you from sharing.
There's no such thing as too much positivity. There's not enough!
The human mind; I feel like it's designed to naturally be negative.
Not as an infant, but as a grown adult. For whatever reason, we've developed these habits.
And negativity is one of the most easiest things to do.
Easy! So negative people are the most lazy people I know.
Positivity requires hard work, it requires discipline.
But you know what? The payoff is amazing: you're happy, you're progressive, you're changing the world, you're making the world better.
But that starts with you. You cannot change this world unless you change yourself.
The moment you can realize that the problem isn't out there, it's in here, you'll spend less time focusing on the negativity, of the hate, of this, of that.
Do you. Get your life, focus on this.
And in order to do that, drown yourself in positivity.
Oh, I have this awesome, amazing artist friend, James Victore, he is brilliant.
Again everyone, check the description box. I have links to positive, amazing, interesting things, so check it out.
But he has like, all these awesome stickers and quotes. I wanna do some of these for you guys too.
''You become who you pretend to be.''
''Teach your tongue to say, 'I don't know.'''
I have a video on positivity. It's right here.
''Feck perfuction.'' These are awesome!
''Kill the critic.'' Kill the hater.
Your work is a gift. Dude, get out of my head.
But yeah, drown in it. Drown.
The human condition thrives on food, water, shelter, and the need to be accepted and liked.
And this is a huge one. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. All of these networks have figured out that people want to be liked.
And that's what propels--YouTube! Like button! Dislike! You hurt my feelings!
People want to be liked. And that's fine.
When you create stuff that comes from you, someone's gonna like it, okay?
Someone's gonna enjoy it.
But when you create work specifically just for someone else, you're now a slave to pleasing people. Just doing things for the sake of pleasing them.
And you forget about yourself.
So I suggest to stop trying to be a people pleaser and just be confident in yourself in knowing that you are doing awesomeness; and you're an awesome person.
People will like you. But people will hate you, okay?
That's the other thing; people will hate. It is guaranteed.
When you are an artist and you push boundaries, people hate.
Jesus Christ was hated on my Pharisees. Frida Kahlo, oh my goodness.
And other brilliant artists were criticized for their work that were commissioned by clients and the clients were like, ''we effing hate this!''
And X amount of years later it's now like brilliance. Come on.
Who else was hated--Shakespeare! Shakespeare was hated on big time!
In order to be great, you will encounter hate. Oh, quote that!
But it's true! Like, people are gonna hate. And you know what? It's just part of it.
But when you drown yourself in positivity, it's just noise and distraction. It's all noise.
Focus on the love. Keep the love. Artists, keep doing!
That's it for now! if you guys liked this, make sure to hit the like button.
Also, let me know if you want me to do a Q and A video.
A bunch of people on Facebook, on my Facebook page--I'm always there. So you might wanna check me out over on Facebook.
But they've been letting me know that they want to do Q and As.
If you have a question for me, ask me. But I also want to ask you guys.
How old are you? If you're embarrassed to say how old you are, just say late 20s, late 30s, late 40s, whatever. So have you.
I just want to know, I'm curious.
That's it! Okay, I love you! Do you, be you, stay true.
Be shameless.
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Peace!