🌔 “Impressions” by #SarahReneKraft @sketchykraft 2016 | 9”x12” | Mixed-Media —————————————————–— When you look at a creator’s work, what kind of impression do you get? . I have a theory that, like a mother bird rooting sick chicks from the nest, people can inherently tell when creative work comes from a disingenuous place. And I often wonder, what kind of message are we projecting when we speak behind other people’s masks? . My dear friend @jgmoralesvillanueva once told me the story of an actress that failed to find success because she kept auditioning for the roles others were waiting in line to grab—the roles of a lifetime. Her success came from gazing inward and determining for herself what lines she should be standing in. . This piece comes from that kind of place. Though far from my best work, it captures the emotions of an actual moment in time, a feeling and situation too delicate to be articulated. Like fairytales, the image is a fabrication, but it tells the truth. . Perhaps that is why it endures as…