01/07/2020
Day 3/7 (Inspiration) of .co ‘s make are + be art challenge! 💗
What inspires me? Hmm. Plants, crystals, tarot, astrology, sadness, joy, music, femininity, outer space, basically anything! I think for me inspiration is something I’ve developed a surplus of over time by constantly sowing seeds of it, working over it patiently. Now I have a full garden I can pick from at anytime. Here’s how I do this:
Start small. Take one interest at a time. Don’t worry about making it all perfect and complex. It’s just your job to explore. Curiosity is key. For instance, I’m working on lots of crystal paintings for my collection launch on the 18th (shameless self promo 😉) and now those crystals have become more intricate and in weird sizes and with cool add ins and Inspirational hits. but! I started by just drawing a ton of crystals in the most simple form! Invested time into practicing them! I saved my favorite pictures of them. Bought crystals to surround myself with. And slowly I improved and I was able to add other ideas a build a library of “inspirations” to create a more complex body of work. They never start perfect, and however inspired I may be, it is never void of WORK. This is how I learned anything else from oceans, to flowers, to portraits.
Inspiration is that *ding* deep in your spirit. It’s when you see your favorite color. When you listen to your favorite band. It’s your center lighting up as to say “this reminds me I have so much to say! This reminds me who I am!” But inspiration tends to die out when we suffocate it. Make it about being perfect. When we abandon It, procrastinate It. Inspiration is like a seed that has to be tended to to grow. Inspiration gets better the more we sit with it especially when it feels like it’s not translating right.