https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1oH5m0rEZEU
In this video I think we get so consumed with things thoughts of others and what I think of myself. I realize we forget how special we are. I know I forget a lot. Shaun Leonardo and Marina Abramovic work has inspired me. His work where he is fighting no one but himself. We are fighting an invisible opponent. But we are also fighting ourselves. Trying to fit into this mold that wasn't made for us. I think that's what I love about the artist that were feature. They didn't try to fit into the mold of who people thought they should be. I am learning to push against the grain a bit. I like Marina's exhibit where people come to sit in front of her and just stare at her. I didn't have anyone to sit with me but I'm always looking at myself. I realize I don't look at myself enough and appreciate things about me that God has put in me and how He has made me.
I also am learning as an artist and a woman of color is to just be me. I think I never learned how to sit with myself and learn who I am as a person. To not be easily persuaded by others point of view. In Shaun Leonardo article he say "We feel compelled to act, act, act—to respond, respond, respond—and artists don’t operate best in that rhythm. Artists need to take in, to process, to decipher, to separate from the noise and create things that are beautiful and impactful to the spirit" I'm trying and learning how to separate the noise and to start creating.
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