A Need To Be Creative

I realized today, after much subterfuge I witnessed, that there are some people whose aspirations ignore decency or courtesy. It has stuck with me too long a time today and I was trying to determine why that might be. That's when I started to account for my habits. Looking at the habits of an artist whom I admire, I realized that an idle mind makes room for idle thoughts. Though from time to time it's good to meditate on ourselves and find our centers of patience and creativity, my time today was mostly wasted on anger.

It became apparent that there exists a need within me that I mistook for boredom. A need to be creative daily. From this moment on, I will make sure to listen to that part of me and find ways every day to remain in a creative state so as not to waste time and energy on idle things that I largely cannot control. What I can control, is what I do. Are my habits in line with those accomplished artists who I admire? Are my behaviors conducive to that of someone striving to be an artist or am I merely wasting time complaining about others and not progressing in my work? I know now what to do.

New Beginnings

I have been making large strides into the world of art, leaving my job and therefore any kind of financial security behind. "With great risk comes great reward." 

I have always wanted to be an artist but never thought it was possible early on. SO many things have happened and changed my way of thinking and I will be forever grateful to those who have believed in me, supported and inspired me to keep going.

Art is a lovely beastie. For fear of confining it to lesser utility I have stretched out my world view to encompass art forms of different kinds, in hopes that it might broaden my ability to express my thoughts and ideas in more articulate ways. I have found artists whose work have inspired me and challenged my imagination and competence and reveled in the fact that though I look up to these individuals as masterful, they too look up to artists that inspired their own work. The lineage is endless, and for that I am humbled in that concept, that idea, that I am now a part of that ever persistent locomotion of self expression and creative process of those who came before me.

I just created my first website for my portfolio, and though it is small in its content, my goal this year is to fill it with images I created to tell a story. This is a challenge as well as a goal for me, one that I am eager to continue as I am able.

Thank you all for your interest so far, your help and support, and for your inspiration.