~ Self-Help Morsels From Artist ALICIA M B BALLARD To you. ~ ©2006/07/08/09/10/11

Monday, June 14, 2010

About "Compassionate" Ego...

It is good to have ego, but not so good for ego to have you! moi

"Babette" mixed media ©

The subject of the portrait definitely knows who she is. Her glance denotes a healthy dosage of self-esteem and is obviously caught at a moment she met someone or  something with certain displeasure...
It is interesting how in a society such as ours, where individuality is encouraged, and carries banners of free speech, does at the same time silence anyone who dares be different - albeit themselves!!!

We have come to mistake a healthy dosage of ego/self-respect with aggression or some sort of dominance, while all it is is a boundary well defined.
Go ahead, nurture and exercise a compassionate ego!