There are so many things I'd like to do and accomplish with art. I want to paint so many things and draw so many things and pour myself into my work. I don't understand why my laziness stands in my way. Perhaps it's not laziness but the lack of inspiration. And I know I haven't found my inspiration yet.
But I don't just want to create something that looks nice, I want to create something that makes people think or feel something. I believe that's the hard part. I want to be so inspired by something and so excited about a project that it just creates itself almost.
(I also want to visit museums and emerse myself in other's art, perhaps that is what I am lacking.)
I haven't found it yet, but when I do it will be an exciting time. In the waiting period I suppose I will just practice my technical skills as an artist like what I'm doing in class.
I'm not a visual artist, but I do call myself a writer, and I find myself feeling this way sometimes. I hate always waiting for the day I write something that means something. In fact, I often find that, when I stop trying and just write about the things that I can't stop thinking about, that's when I write the best. I may not be making a bigboldimportant statement, but writing honestly about something that I'm obsessed with really keeps me on track.
ReplyDeleteBut I think the gathering inspiration stage is my favorite. I think that the act of creation is very small compared to all that leads to it.