Let’s talk about the artist’s evolution. As you continue in your craft – grow, change, repeat – your art will grow with you. It will evolve and expand and collapse. You will hate it and love it and hate it again. You will want to change it, and you will, and you’ll regret that sometimes, and you’ll move forward. I’ve been a photographic artist for 10 years. That’s a DECADE, people! And in my fairly young life, that’s a third….
Flowers are an incredibly evocative prop. They are rich in color, delicate to the touch, symbolic of growth/beauty/death…and my personal favorite are either: dead flowers, or death flowers, like calla lilies. Did you know that the calla lily was my wedding flower? I can’t wait to see what flowers you use, or if you only use the theme symbolically! I’ll pull some of the art that I see this week to feature! Use the hashtag #PromotingPassionChallenge so I can find…
Fairytales vary from country to country, but one thing remains the same: Fairytales are cautionary tales. Some of them are sweet as sugar and oh-so-cute. Others are rather horrifying. No matter which way you interpret this theme, it is sure to be very, very fun. Get extra weird this week with it! I’ll pull some of the art that I see this week to feature! Use the hashtag #PromotingPassionChallenge so I can find you! Here is some food for thought….
I think that I will look back on this year with both mediocrity and exaltation in terms of the work I have produced. I mean that in the best possible way. Whenever I truly excel at my craft – which is to say, I surprise myself pleasantly – I am also ebbing with moments of creativity that do not serve me in the long run. They are the moments that remind me what I am leaving behind, and my moments…
“Begin Again” For you who have chosen to dive deep with the creatures we cannot name or you who never chose to fall so far but caught a wisp of cloud on the way down, For you who takes a lifetime to say Yes after No has stolen your voice and you who must die a fiery death to be reborn the whole piece you were searching for. We are the seekers who find ourselves in the cloak of darkness…