Been thinking a lot in my thirtyith year about what it means to be an artist. Being an artist is not an easy path. Being an artist comes with a lot including presure and expectation but also it comes with passion and skill. I don't think I could live life any other way than the way that I am living. I love being an artist, I love having the power of creation at my fingertips. I live to create the next project. As I am growing older I am realizing that art is a very broad term. I am ejoying so much being able to cultivate the musical side of myself I have so often neglected.
I am 3 weeks away from my opening day at Faces. I have been building thier christmas window in the basement for over a month now. This is by far the biggest window I have ever taken on. The scale that I am used to working in (minatures) is about 3-7 inches. The Faces window is 23ftx 6ft. This is quite a jump for me. It has inspired me to do bigger instalations and starting to think about building very large sculptures. I will start creating my first big Burning Man sculpture on my dads land in the spring. My whole self in changing , the way I see the world, they way I create and what I create is changing to. I feel artisticly alive again. So much so that it is all I can think about these days.
Although sometimes it is hard to walk this path, I woulden't want it any other way!