ON BEING A CREATIVE MAKER

I NO LONGER DEFINE MYSELF AS JUST AN ARTIST AS I (ODDLY) FIND THE TERM LIMITING. I AM A CREATIVE MAKER. I FEEL INSPIRED TO CREATE ACROSS A WIDE VARIETY OF MEDIUMS AND PROCESSES.

PAINT WILL ALWAYS BE MY FIRST LOVE, AND THE REASON I FELL SO HARD FOR ART, BUT I ALSO LOVE TO PAINT AND DRAW DIGITALLY. I LOVE TO DESIGN. I LOVE TO CURATE. SIMPLY PUT, I LOVE TO MAKE.

THE ART OF MAKING AND MY PROCESS ARE SACRED TO ME AND FOR THAT REASON I HAVEN’T PUBLICLY SHARED THE MESSY, UNFINISHED SIDE OF IT PREVIOUSLY.

I WANT TO BECOME MORE TRANSPARENT IN MY PROCESS. I WANT TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL AND THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW I GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B.

IT’S HARD FOR ME TO BE VULNERABLE WITH THINGS THAT FEEL SO PERSONAL TO ME. HOWEVER, I AM READY TO ACCEPT THAT CHALLENGE. I WILL BEGIN MAKING STRIDES TOWARDS BECOMING MORE OPEN ABOUT THE EFFORTS BEHIND MY PIECES.

IT’S EASY FOR ME TO FEEL PROUD OF A FINISHED PIECE THAT I CONSIDER A LABOR OF LOVE, BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR ABOUT THE EFFORTS BEHIND “GETTING THERE”.

LETS UNFOLD THE PROCESS.