Getting rid of the bad to make way for the good ✨

In September I broke up with my previous project called Convinarte and this really brought me a lot of peace in my life and triggered a series of successes that I want to start telling you about today. Working with another person is extremely complicated and I had been struggling with various setbacks and differences from the beginning.

I can't say that everything was bad, because I learned a lot, but there comes a point when you realize that you are working more and earning less, and also that those differences begin to gain weight because they keep repeating themselves.

If we add to this that I had been dealing with my resignation towards the same person, you can imagine. The last decisions of my previous partner had the atmosphere somewhat tense. I was tired and I wanted that effort to be better valued, because at the end of the day my work was much broader and more important than what was done by the other party.

Wanting to improve my earning conditions and not being accepted, I preferred to get out of that and close that cycle.

As much as I tried to fight while being in the project, I felt somewhat discouraged, mainly because I could not be completely myself. Many of my thoughts and way of doing things were questioned and I could not express myself as I wanted.

As the artist behind the brand, I must reflect that art in everything that is shown, not only when teaching the class, and that side was worked on by the other person in a very precarious way.

It is then that by breaking partnership, I finally get out of that bind and we begin to build something that was more in line with our ideals between my husband, my son and I, reinforcing our already existing brand called Lakrearte.

We decided to integrate the art sessions into what we were already doing and I had already had my first solo practice since the Convinarte project was dying and I wanted to continue doing it. That was when my Paint and Sow workshop happened.

Something that frustrated me was that my work as an artist was not properly recognized and I think that in this kind of services it is extremely important, because being very clear about the contribution that the artist makes is essential.

Even though the brand is one, the artist as an individual must shine and I did not stand out at all within the brand. Despite this, I managed to win over the public in the space that I had to work in, and people really liked my way of explaining, since there were some who attended several events.

I know that carrying out this kind of activities includes more aspects than just the workshop, there are several days of work and organization behind everything, but these hours of class are essential to determine success, and if it is not well executed, the rest is of no importance.

So on that side I feel super fulfilled because I know that my work was impeccable at all times, and that I gave even more than what was my responsibility.

Immediately after breaking up with the company I started working on giving structure to what would be this new beginning. I knew that the moment I left that project was when we were finally achieving that longed-for success. But I had full confidence that I could achieve more in less time by doing everything individually.

And when I say individual, I mean that as a family we manage to structure something better, because it has always been the three of us, only I am the one who represents us.

So in a brainstorm we defined the name of our art session, and also the logo that I brought to life that same night.

We loved the concept and its meaning even more. Little by little it was looking more like what we wanted in the beginning.

There was no closing of Convinarte in front of the public, the account was simply closed and that was it. People didn't find out anything because my ex-colleague was never ready to do it, I really don't know why.

The thing is that weeks went by and afterwards it seemed very illogical to say something. And that decision was the best because something I always stressed is that I didn't want anyone to benefit more from that influence of the previous brand. That everyone should gain clients on their own merit.

After this, a "silent war" began to develop, and I really don't want to waste my time on such childish things. People started following me and at one point I even felt like I was being watched here, on my blog (which I told you about in a few posts back).

That's how I decided to distance myself completely. It was my only friendship at that point in my life because I'm a person who rarely leaves home and all my acquaintances have left the country. But it's like the saying goes, "better to be alone than in bad company."

Weeks later, life sent me two great friends who are worth their weight in gold and who gave me a sincere friendship from the beginning.

I will be talking about them in another post. Right now I feel the need to get rid of all the bad things I have been dragging around so I can talk to you about all the good things that are happening in my life.

I have always thought that sometimes one has to live through bad situations in order to learn from them and I think that was everything that happened around this story that I am telling you today.

I lived through all of that to learn how to work on my projects, to learn to believe in myself and my abilities without doubting and even less without depending on anyone to achieve it.

In these two months I have achieved much more than what I achieved in a year and I feel so happy. All the bad things are over and the successes have not stopped coming.

Lakrearte, our family brand, is getting stronger and more solid. I am growing as a person, as an artist and I am becoming a successful person.

And that success is not only mine, it is also my husband's and my son's. Now I can start telling you about all my achievements, but since this post has already gotten long, we'll leave it for the next one. ✨