One thing I’ve always struggled with as an artist, is creating art just so that it exists. In this day where social media is flooded with beautiful cultivated pieces of art, I find it hard to just .. create something. Something that doesn’t have to have a reason or a purpose, something that doesn’t have to be refined but simply exists. Making art for no other reason except to have it be there is something I find really hard. But I also realize it’s important. It’s important to me as an artist to create these pieces.
So that’s what the above is. To anyone looking at it, the piece might not be much but to me it is filled with meaning and purpose. The piece represents a difficult time in my life where I was struggling. I feel like I displayed that pretty well, but I understand that those looking at it might not feel the same way – and that is OK. That is what art is supposed to do, convey one feeling for one person and then a completely different feeling for someone else.
That’s why I create.