Ive never thought of myself as an artist, still dont. However Silverinf, I started doing creative things to understand myself and in that it gives me a feeling of closeness to something I cant describe, Just do it and you will know what im speaking (or not speaking) about! You are very creative, you have shown and proved your creativeness here many times over. You are an artist. Now feel it! Be it! We like who you are Now!
I don't want to be egotistical/arrogant..but I know that my energies are best used as an artist, healer, leader or teacher...where the heck do I find a way to combine all of that?
I have no clue where Oversoul is guiding me to...or do I but am I just too damn stubborn?
I mean does it want me to be a professional dancer or just does it want me to take dance classes for some reason or another?
or am I going to be like this nurse who dances and does natural healing on the side? am i going to be this weird multitasker? lol
well maybe I'll just be me.
we're all creative individuals...its just what we predisposed ourselves for before entering this reality.
I can relate Purple Parrot lol. My whole life I have drawn and painted, danced, sang, written poetry and fiction, and played musical instruments. I have also been pursuing spiritual integrity but I STILL haven't allowed myself to crystalize what I am actually supposed to be doing in terms of how others would view success.
I moved gradually from doing graphic and web design into being a professional artist. I am currently trying to build a portfolio since I threw away a lot of work I did when I was younger. I have even sold a few pieces, but still it is very hard to feel like I am a "legitimate" artist. When I create "correctly" I am in the current, or flow of what I think of as the divine. I believe we all experience it the same way. You know it when you are there. There is no time, no feeling of place but just what is coming out of you. It's probably a question of finding what works for you. I do not think that formal training is even right for everyone, because thinking you have to have some "degree" can be a limiting thought pattern, and will definitely keep you from tapping in, because it can develop into a never ending quest for legitimacy - whereas taking classes and maybe getting a degree because you LOVE what you do is a very different place.
Some things that work for me: I find the bigger I work, the easier it is and less trapped into mind-rules I am. Also working with "dirty" mediums like charcoals and clay bypass the "be civilized and conform" programming. Sometimes, I will work in this way to get loose before I move into watercolor, which is very stressful for me at times otherwise. Fingerpaints, or painting with acrylics but with your hands, is another great way to slip past the internal censor.
The act of creating is a game, and is meant to be joyful. Avoid anything that robs you of that feeling, or makes you feel like you aren't good enough to be doing it. I think maybe artists are more plagued with self-doubts because once people begin the act of creation they are very empowered.
Very well said Haven, if ever you want to share some of your art or music i am very open to all of it. I love it when people share photos or art or music or graphic design. Ive appreciated the photos and art work that has been posted here or in private!
I agree with you wholeheartedly Haven and William.
Oftentimes people buy into wallpaper art and fashionable ideas. There are many artworks that have deeply disjointed and compartmentalized energies, which are promoted as 'deeper' and more sophisticated than simple clear pieces. Exploring the negative is important of course, but you can do that without imprinting destructive energies on yourself.
Pure hyperspace energy flowing through you gives all the direction you need in what to create. Artwork can be an affirmation of a balanced empowered mind. :)
This is from my visual deprogramming journal/Arke. An imprint of pure butterfly frequency, before it is distorted by programming. It was created with coloured pencils, ink, felt tip pens, and metallic markers. I had fun! :D
Ive always been facinated with art. Im a musician and have been in a couple of bands and lately i have written and recorded some new pieces. Hopefully i may release an album soon or something.
I write poetry and I used to draw quite alot and i would like to get back into it.
Im working on a couple of short stories. Both are fantasy fiction. They might end up being books, but i dunno yet, ill see how it goes. :)
William: Thanks for your interest! I may put some stuff up here, but frankly I was worried that work prior to my beginning deprogramming may contain symbolic triggers I am not aware are present. I did a few with images of feathered serpents superimposed over the images, and there are spirals and spheres everywhere in my work (other than in straight landscapes) etc.
Monica: WOW WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY!!! :eek: :nod: That image is so exciting and encouraging to me. I am convinced that my difficulty in focusing on my work is because I am not "supposed" to be doing it and am taking control of my life by doing it anyway, and this image just gave me such a sense of being on the right track. Thank you for sharing it.
