Creating Art from an Individual’s Viewpoint
I’ve been roller skating as a new hobby and workout activity. I was struggling to create new work and needed a new viewpoint for my illustrations. (…)
“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.”
To my surprise, I’m still struggling to create artwork from this new found love. Over the past three years I’ve been roller skating on any given day. When I started, it was a way to bring joy into my life. There were days that felt like I couldn’t find my head but I was able to find my skates. It gave me air to breath when I felt trapped inside. Whether that was my mind, childhood home, work, relationships, apartment, the list could go on. The point is, roller skates have helped greatly; Allowed the worst days to become filled with love and gratitude. It still is a joy in my life and continues to bring me all of the reasons listed prior; I just haven’t discovered the motivation to bring this joy for roller skating to life in art.
Currently, I don’t have a schedule for creating art, which would be a good habit to keep. The only thing is, when it comes to creating, I struggle with choosing a subject that I want to invest in. I consciously create expectations of what my workflow or finished session work should look like. Unfortunately, this hasn’t been the most technically creative experience. There are days when the flow comes easily and seems instinctual but I get stuck at the coloring phase, so like many of us, I stop. The question remains, should I create only when it feels natural or do I persist with the schedule when the work I’m making isn’t finding its way to completion?
I know not everything I create will be at its highest potential but I do feel inclined to try. Sometimes I suspect this discourages me from editing or showing the work as is. Recently I’ve been making juice as a side business. One of the most therapeutic or satisfying parts of the process is taping my artwork to each individual bottle. This might not only be the fire I need to create versatile work but make it a challenge to continue my artistic workflow, even if the artwork isn’t the only aspect but a highlight. I will start posting work again and be okay with what it is. No more keeping ‘unfinished’ artwork in multiple folders, paper or digital. Just do it, just post.