Grace Bonneyさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Grace BonneyInstagram)「@moanaloveniu: Day 1: I have always dreamed of being an artist. Drawing + painting was my first language. I could draw and paint for hours. As a child, my family would take road trips from Utah to Los Angeles, going to all the Museums. At 19, I study abroad in Florence, Italy in college. At 20, when I get accepted into the Yale program of Art, I say to myself, Yes, I am on my way of being an Artist! The last day of showing all our student work, all my art professors tell me in front of the student body, "You are not a painter, you will never make it, you gotta choose something else, Moana." I am devastated and mortified. I am so embarrassed. I believe them instead of believing in myself. I say to myself, "Yep, I'm not an artist. Who was I kidding? I'm so stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid." I drop out of graduate school and I stuff this dream way inside of me. 6 years later, I'm secretly painting but I don't ever share my paintings to the public. Only to my best friend, Amazi. I am closed up and definitely not sharing my heart. I don't trust myself. I have given up on myself. Every time I see an artist present their work, I'm jealous. I secretly say to myself, "I want to do exactly that but then I also say, Ughhhh, I can never do that. As I grow and develop myself, I discover the only thing holding me back is myself. I create the possibilities of being confident and free! One night, I take pictures of all my paintings in my apartment I have been hiding all these years and I create a portfolio. I go online and make a list of galleries, museums, schools even restaurants. I start sending my resume and portfolio to all these places. The next day, I put on my favorite artist dress, bright crimson red and I go in person to the galleries and museums on my list and I introduce myself as the artist I am. A few months later, I'm rushing to teach my next art class in the South Bronx and I get an unknown call, I answer, Helllllllllo? On the other line I hear, “Hello, is this Mwaaa-ana?” I say “Yeeees, they say, "We have seen your artwork and we would like to invite you to come to Los Angeles to paint 8 walls of our Middle School!!!" #MoanaLove」1月26日 6時45分