I have been
on many journeys’ throughout the life that I am living. The one that has been
most interesting and profound has been “ The Creative Journey”.
It’s a funny
thing about being a so-called “ creative”. It’s the most daunting word in the
Oxford Dictionary. It has so much weighting; you feel like people are always
waiting for stuff, watching the way you articulate yourself and dammit even the
way you talk has to sound like something not of this earth. Well here is some
news for these annoying individuals who think creative juice just falls out of
the sky for the masses to collect: It is
not easy to just be
creative … in fact it is a big fat mix
of confusion served with a side of boiling hot pressure.
All my life,
the pressure from all sides was just too much, the mundane school system that I
went through that actually suppressed majority of my creative ability
especially that high-school art teacher, the slave-driver who pushed for
perfection and slammed anything she thought was not worthy enough for her
classroom. Society, who shunned anything that God forbid, showed a bit of
artistic freedom with you colouring out of the lines.
In essence
though, these last two years have given my eyes a good wash. I’ve been looking
at the world through different lenses. I left this journey before but I’ve come
to the conclusion that it never left me. It was always there, playing apart in
how I approached certain situations, the way in which I tackled my writing
because when the door got slammed on my Fine Art dreams, writing became my
solace.
This year in
particular, being in the nucleus filled with creatives’, those who have come
before me, those who never cease to not pass on their own pearls of wisdom they
wish they knew at my age and those who continue to inspire me. One guy: Austin
Kleon: http://austinkleon.com/
Now please
understand the first time I saw my textbook for Creative Development, I was
thinking: words that are suitable for almost any occasion, which I won’t
inscribe here, because it’s probably sitting there in your predicted text on
your smart phone anyway. I was
shocked that this is “ the guy”, look at this book? So small, funky typography
and weird little doodles.
This guy is
beyond inspirational because he the lessons he gives in “ Steal Like An Artist “
is so simple but also so powerful.
He has added
a new path to my journey and the lesson that sticks out the most for me is, “ You are only as good as the
stuff you surround yourself with.”
You need to
surround yourself with people who share the same vision as you, otherwise what
is the point of having and ideas if not to share it with people?
It’s
shifting through all the stuff that lies in front of you, to get to the good
and simple parts. It’s everything I wished they told me but I’m glad Kleon
taught me this.
It’s a bit
of Fool’s Gold.
Photo Cred : http://themoshioner.blogspot.com/.What an inspiring being ! Keep a look out for this guy , I forsee great things x Collabs coming soon .
