We all connect to art in different ways but it’s that concept of connecting to something within ourselves that makes art magical. Cliche, yes, but there wouldn’t be a cliche if there wasn’t some truth to it. A realization while talking with a friend recently. We connect to what we need and may not even know we need it, but the art provides. Almost like therapy.
Music, I think in the beginning, for me, was a way to feel something. I kept my emotions very deep inside me and didn’t express them often. Music gave me that. I still find it somewhat difficult to connect to pieces in an art gallery but let me create and it is a whole different story. The creating of the art gave me that feeling. Now photography has become a new form of expression and for me to create. Not just for me but for the people I photograph. I understand that vulnerability of being in front of the camera but also crave that connection and security.
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I can be the connection and security for other people to be themselves in front of the camera.
Connecting can be hard, for most people, at least I try to think that. It is only through creating portraits and seeing someone else open up and come into their own where I feel I can do the same. It is starting to spill over into the rest of my life and I can feel it. The thing I didn’t know I needed presented itself through art; my art. This is a profession and a career I truly want. Not for me but for those that I photograph. Being able to show them a side of themselves they may not see very often. One that deserves to be seen by the world. They say a part of the photographer is in every image they create. I am now starting to see myself in this process and as cliche as it may be. It is therapy.
I strongly believe we all are artists of our passions and purpose, creatively find ways to pursue the things that pull our hearts. That is our art and everyone’s art is unique to them. What is your art and how has it shaped who you are today?
