Creativity

I wanted to begin by talking about creativity, the feelings I get from the word, and how I express myself. Often I’ll feel this emotion build up inside and the only way to get it out is by creating something physical I put those emotions into. I feel that I can’t put the word to what exactly I’m feeling but if I create a collage or a painting for instance, I get some emotional satisfaction out of what I've created. Other times, it's almost like a physical need to create, like an itch that needs to be scratched. Sometimes, I’ll create because it's a practice that needs attention in one way or another. I’ve found that indulging in other’s creations can even fulfill my need to find creativity. I love watching movies and listening to music and have found immense inspiration in the film and music industries. I believe that creativity can be found anywhere really, you just have to be looking with intention. 

My next desire is to cover my creative process when it comes to creating my collages to give insight into how my creations come to fruition. I always start by putting something on as my background noise, most of the time I’ll play music but, occasionally I’ll listen to a podcast or have the T.V. on the back. My next goal is to find images to use I’ll flip through many of the materials I use and take note of images I find striking me that day. After finding many images, I'll create a story in my head, and begin narrowing down the images to a select few I want to use. I then lay out my images on the paper how I feel fit best as if I’m storyboarding my final product. Next, I begin pasting my images to the paper in the places they must go to create the final collage. When the collage is finished, I’ll scan it so I have a digital copy and the process is complete. Overall it usually takes an hour to two hours to create each collage but I am always proud of the final piece I create because I know I created something new that day. 

Finally, I felt I should touch on my current favorite work and inspiration. The first piece of work I wanted to talk about was MF DOOM’s “MM..Food”. The producer and rapper had an eclectic use of samples throughout the album. using multiple samples for each song many times. In listening to songs like Gumbo, Guinnesses, and Vomitspit you hear Doom shuffling through and connecting samples creating what becomes a collage for the ears. The creativity in the music production of the album is unique, unlike anything I’d heard from another artist before or since. I've been a fan since high school but it wasn’t until I began taking my art seriously that the pieces of each track stuck out to me. Like I’ve said before, you should be looking for creativity with intention and I wasn’t until recently. Thankfully when I looked with intention, I found inspiration and it helped motivate me to create and hone my style.