Here I am
at it again, putting out content but I still find myself fearing critics and
scared of being judged. I’m not sure if any other creatives have this same
problem but I keep finding myself having so much to do but nothing substantial.
If you think about the worthlessness of the things and the time and effort you
use creating, it’s insane! I end up wondering if it’s even worth doing. At
least one thing is for sure is that knowing the worth of something helps me
prioritize and determine whether I should spend time on it or not.
I have to
admit that not being in a work setting has made my organization a lot more
complicated. So, this year I am thinking of setting up projects to do on my own.
That way, I can work on a lot and share, just to keep me busy. Lucky for me I
have a platform to show some of my creative content.
Feel free
to download some of my work on the links below:
As creative’s
we have so much advantage now that we are able to gather viewers from all over
the world to see our work. Example, just on this blog I get about 100 viewers on
a post. So I shouldn’t really have an excuse as a creative for not creating and
sharing work. It’s not like when I used to paint and had my work up at
galleries. I would go back and check only to find them stashed somewhere in the
back of a dead pile of deserted paintings. When I ask they would say they were rearranging,
and there’s too many other paintings to put up. It was obvious none of my
paintings were being seen or bought though I still find it challenging as an
artist to break through the market now.
It’s interesting
how we search for our value of work based on other people’s approvals. We lack
the ability to determine our own value and appreciation of our work such that
we find ourselves putting it alongside other people’s work so we can compare
and hope ours will be picked over others. If there’s
anything I have learned it’s, there’s enough room for all of us creatives
digitally to make it. Digitally we’ve got a space where anyone in the web can
showcase their work for anyone in the world to find. We no longer have to run
the streets and look for spaces in galleries, we no longer have to search for
audiences or make invites for people to come see what we’ve done. We no longer
have to set specific times and dates for a limited amount of time to put out
something. Now we get a chance to keep up our work for as long as we like on a digital
platform and anyone anywhere can access it anytime.
The truth
is that I hadn’t really thought about that before. It’s funny how we kind of
sit there and hope someday someone will discover us. Kind of how Christopher Columbus
one day discovered America or how Johann Ludwig Krapf discovered Mt. Kenya. As
if they magically appeared. That notion of thinking only confirms that people
don’t really see the value of things unless it’s emphasized upon. Makes me
wonder why we seek approval from other people for the value of our things as if
their opinions of our things are much more important to us than our own
opinions. Like what makes one thing more valuable than the other? Take gold or
diamonds for instance, as opposed to Amethyst? Is it because someone else
decided its importance for us and the whole lot kind of just went with it? How
do we sit down through a critic’s choice award and give awards based on someone’s
critics knowing very well after watching some of those movies ourselves we
liked nothing about them? All I’m trying
to say at the end of the day, it’s all about taking pride in your work. Not
everyone will appreciate it but at least you do. I mean you took the time and
effort to create it, so you might as well take pride in it.
Check out
an old post I did on My value and self-worth
I took a lot of elephant amazing shots last year, some of which are on my portfolio and made a digital calendar for the year. So if you are interested in the digital copy of this Spinkly Calendar for this year (2018) you can buy it below for a dollar and it will be sent to you email.
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