Revitalized, Just For A Moment…

I know I haven’t posted anything here in a while, I had a lot of different things I was in the middle of writing out, jumping from one topic to another. I’m somewhat frustrated at myself that I got around 60-90% done with a lot of those pieces, but just never polished up or finished any of them, but that’s not the point of what I want to talk about right this second.

I just stumbled upon this YouTube video that has somewhat shifted my perspective on art – why we create it, and just how important it may really be. I have not watched any other videos from this guy, just a warning if you decide to dive deeper within his catalog (Sidenote: YouTube has been recommending me some real wackos recently, like the recommended video itself seems to be ok, but I get a slight hunch that something might be up, and then I check out their feed, and based on the thumbnails and titles, I just GTFO ASAP. Literally happened two times just today, I don’t get it…). This guy makes some good points, and I think I am going to try to shift my overall perspective on why I make art, and try not to be so “in my head” about the art that I am creating (if that makes sense). Maybe just watch the video first:

Alright, cool. You’re back from watching the video (I presume). What really resonated with me is that I have gotten this idea in my head that the art I make is not important, and that it will never be important. I want to make art for the sake of making art, but sometimes the motivation and energy I get from that alone is not enough to actually make me DO IT (which is a very frustrating cycle to go through). I somehow feel like my art has no inherent value, but it does mean something to someone. It means something to me, and it probably means something to someone else out there as well. I don’t know, I feel a little silly writing it out like this, it’s not like I just realized all of this today. I think this video just served as a great reminder, and sometimes we all need something to remind us of what is important.

Anyways, this is just a quick one, I will hopefully be back to post something else within the next month, hopefully something fun that makes me feel happy. Ok BYE!!!