Dear Artist
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Dear Artist *
How to Gather Visual Inspiration + Inject Them Into Your Work
Recently, I’ve been obsessed with brainstorming for Clarisse The Label and doing some research and window shopping full of eye-candy + keep every other detail for all things that will inspire more of the future projects I have in mind.
(Above are pictures distracting me from my shop-to-shop walk Top to bottom: jewelry store at New Jersey, a pink color story from Uniqlo, High contrast colors and Luxe from Gucci New York, An Army from Topshop, Can stack and view at the Butchershop at Perth.)
The Bread: On Art
The inspiration of this piece draws from the famous Filipino phrase: “Kapag binato ka ng bato, batuhin mo ng tinapay.” (If someone throws a rock at you, throw bread back.)
It borrows essence from a Bible verse I never knew was connected with the phrase.
A Gush of Blood: Notes from a Retreat
“…2016: In Transit. I’d live this year like it was my last. I have to regain the desperation of the flow of my inspiration. I have to work on what my soul truly speaks to. I must have the plunge of my life.”. These were the exact words I wrote on one of my late December 2015 journals that I knew had look upon which I didn’t want to go unattended.
Creativity and Productivity Tools for the Anxious/Distracted Artist
The exciting, but sometimes dreadful word of “to-do list” has eaten me alive many times since college came along, and for the past few months, I’ve been trying to embrace the pause button, the “no” word and practice of things to nurture my knowledge and curiosity like workshops, talks, trips and specifically “not obsessing on finishing everything”.