Questions

Some "home-play" questions that Jimmy assigned for us to write on our blog. These are actually some things I've always had in the back of my mind. It was cool to see the TED talk from the writer of Eat, love, prey. She talked a lot about things that've been in my mind since I gotten serious about myself as a "creative being." and these questions are what she talking about.
I always knew there was a "creative demon" in me.



Questions:
Have you experienced your own or other people's fear-based reactions to your creative education and career choices?

To answer the question is simplest terms, hell yeah. There are so many discouragements I have came across as a
creative being in general. I've gotten so many looks when I would tell everyone what I was majoring in. Like they pity me for choosing such a awfully competitive industry or the less stable job. It was also things like coming up with a generation of Internet that made it harder to be recognize as an artist/photographer. Ive always had a strong feelings about what I'm doing and that I'm doing it for myself. I'm not basing decisions on whether I can become rich or if other people approve. There is a lot to fear in this industry. But then again there's a lot to fear in life to.

How have you successfully overcome these reactions?

I don't think it is possible to fully overcome all those big fears. I just think I've come to realize that the reason why I choose this lifestyle is so I could be happy.
When I was younger I always assumed that you were suppose to choose something that made you happy. That you were suppose to want to wake up and enjoy going to your job. I did realize that life isn't that simple when your bombarded with life and its problems. I'm lucky enough that I started at a young age and that nothing is stopping me to complete goals that I had at 16 years old.

What is your concept of your creative process?

I have yet to develop a strong process to my creative process. So far when I get a great idea it comes from my everyday life. Whether I'm driving to school, listening to a certain album for the millionth time, out with my friends or actually trying to inspire myself by other artist.
I do like to sit down for a couple minutes when I have an idea and write things that I want from the idea. If I have specific choice of color or what I'm trying to convey. For the most part, I learn the best from trial and error. I now see that it is important to put more thought and effort into developing a concept. I hope to find a way that works best for me and have a solid base for my ideas.

How do you approach creating, making?

When I approach the creating process it is most likely something I've been feeling that day or even month. If I've had a bad week, I'll go for a more somber feel in my work. If I've had a weird dream, I'll go for something more surreal and erie like.
Then I like to think about little aspects like colors to convey the emotion and the angle to show different perspective.
I like to keep my love for aesthetics of life in the back of my mind. I think this keeps me true to my meanings of why I'm doing art in the first place.