BLARG
5/2024
I can't tell you how many blogs or blog posts I've started over the years...
Seriously. It's embarrassing.
So, here I am again, on blog # 472. (Not really...but that's what it feels like...). But I think this is the one?
One of the things I often get asked in any social gathering with art as the nucleus, is "what inspired you to create this artwork?" Some people can answer off the cuff, and maybe sometimes I can too, but not usually. Usually, I want to respond with a shrug and "things." Because, for me, that's what is truly at the core of my creative drive...
I get angry. I create.
I feel overwhelmed. I create.
I am filled with memories of something joyful or traumatic from my past. I create.
I find a song whose chorus jives with the core of my being. I create.
And sometimes all of those "things" come together at once.
I want to help people understand that process but it is one that is very difficult to communicate. Instead, I'm going to write a blog. A blog about the joyful things, the angry things, the overwhelming things, memories, music, etc., that drive me (or things that are debilitating), and maybe you can read between the lines and find something that makes sense to you.
Seriously. It's embarrassing.
So, here I am again, on blog # 472. (Not really...but that's what it feels like...). But I think this is the one?
One of the things I often get asked in any social gathering with art as the nucleus, is "what inspired you to create this artwork?" Some people can answer off the cuff, and maybe sometimes I can too, but not usually. Usually, I want to respond with a shrug and "things." Because, for me, that's what is truly at the core of my creative drive...
I get angry. I create.
I feel overwhelmed. I create.
I am filled with memories of something joyful or traumatic from my past. I create.
I find a song whose chorus jives with the core of my being. I create.
And sometimes all of those "things" come together at once.
I want to help people understand that process but it is one that is very difficult to communicate. Instead, I'm going to write a blog. A blog about the joyful things, the angry things, the overwhelming things, memories, music, etc., that drive me (or things that are debilitating), and maybe you can read between the lines and find something that makes sense to you.
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