I posted a piece of art on Ebay at $21 Million “or best offer,” as a suggestion by a friend to get more traffic to my page. A couple of days later, after a long hard 13 hour day at work, coming in and out of flu symptoms, I come home at 2am to see someone has made an offer on the piece. I was so excited someone found interest in my art! Of course I did not expect 8 digits, and wasn’t even concerned about the price, because I was so thrilled about someones interest!
Offer – $1.00.
As anyone might guess, the typical reaction I had was that of insult, and it totally brought me down. This person was using me to make a statement about her own opinion, either that my art was no good, or not worth anything, or that she was projecting some inaccurate arrogance on me.
As i went to bed, something clicked in my mind…or maybe my heart.
Who am I to assume I know her intentions, and to react off of my own assumption and projections, just as I assume she has done with me. I do not like the idea that an assumption has been made about me and that it is appropriate to react in a negative way through that. So i shall do unto others as I would like done unto me. why recreate the usual human scenario, fighting fire with fire, you reject me, ill reject you? its never created any solutions, so why not make a change. Why not do as martial arts teaches me; take what comes, send what goes. So I took her offer, for the sake of my practice of integrity. I assume she did not expect me to accept, and my hope is that she will reevaluate her intentions.
No, I don’t want to give my art away, but if there is a chance to show someone there are new choices to make in our everyday relationships, ones that can bring us together, that there’s nothing to lose, then by all means I will take it!
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