WHY I CREATE

There are many reasons why one might feel the need to create. Maybe to tell a story. Maybe just for fun. Maybe out of boredom. Maybe because of plain simple desire. But why do I create? What is it that drives my need for artistic expression? To turn nothing into something? I create to connect. To connect with my inner-self and to connect with others around me. This inner-self I speak of is the deepest and purest core of my existence. The part of me that is untainted by any outside influence. The part of me that longs and demands that I create. When I start to create, my inner-self and I begin to connect. Connect in a way that feels as if I am on a different elevation, even though I am physically in the same spot. The more I am connected, the more it's not just me creating, but my inner-self speaking. It's a language that is pure, true and is spoken from my deepest core. The way for my core to speak is through my art. When I am connected with my inner-self I feel as if I am in a different reality. I am free to be me. The me that is rooted deeply in my purest existence. And in those special moments when someone else connects with my art is when I feel I have allowed my soul to speak and to be heard.

I also create because my mind is in a constant frenzy. So many ideas and images bouncing off of each other in endless directions. It's as if this creative energy is running in circles through my mind demanding to get out. I am calm and at peace when I create. There is nothing else in the world that can calm me the way art does. My mind is clear and I just let form take place. It's solitude. Art is solitude.