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To start talking about making a piece of art, I would like to talk a little of how does one even start to make art at all. It's a cliche but I would say a true one, that you are born with an artistic desire, born to be a creator. Simply because you are born with a needy inner voice that says: today I want to try and make something. You cannot ignore it because that voice is loud and persistent and it doesn't go away.
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You think to yourself: I saw something beautiful and inspiring today; and the voice goes: well, why don't you also try and make something beautiful. It is a challenge to oneself, to try to be the best at something that you can be, it is the competitive human nature that drives us to compete with ourselves and others.
The other thing that drives you besides that need and a sense of competitiveness is the need to feel valued. You need to prove to yourself that you also can make something of value, to you and to others. Humans are social beings that want to feel accepted and valued by others so it is natural for a person to want to make something that others will value.
With all of that in mind later on in life if you are lucky/ bold/encouraged/supported enough, you will follow that inner voice, study arts and get a official degree. If not, you will eventually find your art path in other ways. But, in the end, you will end up in the same place.
Making art daily.
Making it for yourself and others.
If you have not studied art and don’t have an art degree, such as myself, you will probably feel a little less valuable and intimidated by people who have one.
But, the fact is (as with anything) the more you research and study, the more you make and work, the better you will become.
Simple as that.
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For me personally, life circumstances have not led me down the path of studying art in college, but I try to make up for it by studying by myself and working hard.
I paint because I want to see what I can create. What will come out of me. I paint to get to know myself. That is why I choose abstract art. I also used to write poems in a „poetic flow of mind“ style. Poems without structure but rather a flow of thought, rarely rhymed.
So in an artistic sense I always had I drive to express myself in a abstract way, both in poetry and in art. Maybe that is the way that I perceive the world outside inside of me, or maybe my inner world is just abstract (to me). A mixed up world of emotions and thoughts that resurface in my consciousness as they like. That is my intuition, and that is how I create art. Intuitively.
Sometimes it takes a lot of effort to express myself, sometimes what comes out it is a mess and I am not satisfied, and other times it comes so easy. Even if I have a creative blocks I still have that desire to go and paint, so even on those days where I feel totally without inspiration I still have the drive to take a spatula and pour some paint. That is something that is hard for me to ignore, so even when I occasionally end up throwing a paper away or totally repainting a canvas, I still feel accomplished. It is important to be persistent and not give up.
