It's not about the finished composition, it's about the process of creating it. It's not the destination, it's the journey. Pretty Buddist when it comes down to it.
I am an artist, that is what I was born in this world to be, I knew this since I was a child and as an adult, it continues to define who I am and what I am here for.
There are many people that desire to become more creative, to be able to hone skills to allow them to create works of art, yet it's not about that piece of work, that painting, drawing, sculpture, etc. it's about a state of mind, your full being of understanding. You can be artistic with everything that you do, even mundane tasks such as cleaning or doing the books can be done artisticly. What defines this is your flair, your style or manner upon how you do it, it's never about the veneer, it's about the depth of expression which can only come from the soul.
As a musician, I often teach people their first lessons or I supplement what they already know. The first thing I teach them after the blues scale is how it's not necessary to be able to play 1 million notes and chords at light speed, that knowing less, but knowing it well, that putting your soul into your sound, simply bending a single guitar string alone defines it as different then simply a cookie cutter, follow route and you have programmed your music to come out of the instrument. It's not about quantity, it's about quality, the rest comes afterwards and you do reach this threshold where it all just fits together, it's all natural, it's not forced, it just comes out and you know by feeling, not be looking.
I'm currently back into drawing again with traditional materials, the latest project is a Chinese dragon for the house I stay at, it begins with simply thinking of this situation, who the people are here, who visits here, the serenity of the place and that abstract concept is turning into something unique, something original just for this place and for it alone. How it comes out is a journey, it's not all completely drawn in my mind even though dragons are my specialty and I've drawn thousands of them, this one is different, and it's partially traditional, partially realistic, partially just for this place and my current state of mind and being expressing it. When it will be done? I have no idea, nor do I care, that doesn't matter at all to me, yet when it's done, I'll find a creative way to frame it up and perhaps another creative way to place it on the wall.
Being and artist is not something you can just learn in school, you cannot pick it up from another person, you either are, or you are not. I am, it will always be that way because it's in my blood, it's part of who I am and only another artist can relate to me on this level.
It's not about the finished composition, it's about the process of creating it. It's not the destination, it's the journey. Pretty Buddist when it comes down to it.
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