Armed with this new revelation, I now had the power of my life in my own hands. I decided to look further inward into what makes me tick artistically? What type of art am I drawn to? and more importantly, "What is it about the artwork and the process of creating it that entrances me so?" Is it a color scheme? Is it the mix of image and text? Is in a technqiue? Is it in the final result? Is there something in the art that I'm drawn to the influences something within me, and if so what is it? And how do I tap into it?
The more questions that I asked myself, lead me to more and answers, and those answers to more and more questions, LOL! It is truly a vivious cycle but I knew it was something that would further assist me if only I was willing and desiring to explore it! Did you hear me? I say, "I knew it would assist me, IF ONLY I WAS WILLING TO EXPLORE IT!" So, I'm continuing to explore, going deeper and deeper. Now I am certain someone somewhere is probably lost, wondering where the hell is she going with all of this? Why you want to even go there in the first place?" For me the answer was easy. So I would know where my own passions lie. So that I could discover for myself something so unique and so interesting about myself and my artwork that I would like others to know about me and my works of art!
Also, I desired to assess the process of creating the art itself. I was extremely interested in learning more and more. How do I approach my art? What are my thoughts and my feelings while I am creating a certain piece of artwork? How do my emotions, my thoughts, and my ideas influence it? Do my thoughts and feelings influence my approach? Do I make any special preparations, or is there a ritual or a process to the creating? I began to think that if there was, it may just be the one thing that I needed to tap into more often, LOL! So, I began to keep more of a personal art journal. In the art journal I jotted down a lot of things. The date, the weather, my feelings, my moods, things that were going on in my life and inside of me. I also began to put a small printed scan of my artwork on the pages. Keeping that art journal is very personal to me, not something that I am yet ready to share with the world, but in creating it I discovered many thoughts and ideas for additional artwork parts and pieces. I began to record supplies I used and the techniques. Along with hints, tips, successes, and yes, even the failures of what didn't quite work as I intended, I now have a record and many more ideas to inspire and to experiment further. Those thoughts are sketched in to be elaborated on and experimented with further. Now I was creating art! but little did I realize that there was an entirely 'nother process that I hadn't yet tapped into.
That was the art of self-promotion! What good is art if I am not promoting it? Did I even desire to promote? Well, if your gonna say, "I am an Artist!" you damn very well be willing to! For being an artist isn't only about the creating process. It's about self-promotion, it is about sharing with others, it about hoping to get one day get paid to do what it is you love to do and just how the hell do you do that?
Oh no....... more questions.......
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