I am finding out that approaching what I do with a different twist allows me to see the beauty around me and what I create in a beautiful new light.  This does not mean totally changing what I do, it just means bringing different elements into the picture, for example by learning to create an art piece like “Attracted to Sweetness” in a larger scale than what I am used to can propel me to learn new things about my art, my creativity and myself.

As an artist there are many aspects of my being that I bring to the table as I navigate how I will create.  Understanding my thoughts is one of these facets, I am very aware of what I am thinking and pay close attention to my thought process.  In doing so, it gives me the capacity to see things in different ways which I deemed important especially when I need to think outside the box and bring forth a new creation.  Let’s explore two of these thoughts which I call the “Artist” voice and the “Boss” voice.

My “Artist” voice is in constant activity, especially questioning “how and what” is the next thing I will be creating.  Some artistic questions that arise, go something like this: “What image have I seen lately that grab my attention and needs to be created?”, “Do I have the tools or knowledge to create into reality what I am imagining?” or “What colors and textures best express the creation I am trying to bring forth?”  This voice helps me formulate what the creation will be, and how it will come into reality, and gives me the confidence to explore outside the constructs of what I know.

The other inner voice I pay attention to is the “Boss” voice.  This is the voice that keeps me on track or challenges me to change and grow.  This voice is the one that asks questions such as, “What is your strategy for executing what you are going to create?” and once I have started the work, it is the reminder of, “A deadline is coming up, is the work almost finished?”  Also, it is the insistent voice, “Time to challenges yourself and experiment with something new.”   The latter question happens when I am getting too comfortable doing what I know, and unsure of trying the new thing.

Both these voices are important for my creative strategies, because without them I would get nothing accomplished or my art would become stale and heartless.  Sometimes bringing in different thoughts on how to create outside what I know is a wonderful way to change up the conventional way of creating to allow the new to immerge.