"why do you create art?"
ever since i watched look back in theaters, that line has been stuck in my head. as a budding creative and an aspiring artist and writer, i found that this line and this movie was very deeply moving for me.
and ultimately, it made me think on why i want to create art. and ultimately, i think i want to make art just because i can. i want to make people feel things and feel connected to what i create in some way. i want to change people and be changed by people.
i'm currently going to college for a digital design degree with a focus in multimedia, but that movie solidified that i want to go to university and pursue art and animation. i want to make stories, i want to tell stories that otherwise would've gone untold. i want to get these ideas out of my head and to the eyes and ears of whoever wants to listen. even if no one listens, even if it is "bad", i want to put it out there. there is only so much time i have here and i want to make what only i can make.
i'm a very anti-algorithm person; i think it stifles creativity and is in some ways antithetical to the art creation process. but in the modern state of the internet, if you want your art to be seen you need to make art for whatever is popular and hope it goes viral. but that's not what i want to do. i want to tell stories.
i'm still very new to art, relatively. all i've done so far is doodles as i learn the fundamentals, and i don't have any specific classes for art until spring semester. but i want to learn. i aspire to be like the artists and writers i look up to, and something i realized is i don't care if i don't "make it", so to speak.
sometimes, i feel stuck in the art process, i don't know how to advance forward. but my desire to create pushes past that.
i also have a desire to teach and to help others, so i don't entirely know how i will fit that into my desire to create, yet. but that is something i will have to learn and figure out on my own. maybe i will make a community to learn in. that may be what i do.
i'm thankful i have support of those around me to learn how to create. i'll update my links when i make the community, i want to make a discord server for people to talk and learn art together.