One of the most significant parts of my creative journey has been coming to terms with realizing that I'm... not really as creative as I thought I was. It's something that I also struggled to accept, especially since I realized this at the tail end of my college years - so it somehow feels like I spent all those years expecting so much of myself, when in reality, my brain worked a little more differently than most creatives. For starters, I realized that I was more of a logical thinker than a creative one - I followed systems better than creating systems, but I still found myself attached to the creative industry. I loved to create. It simply just wasn't my strength. Had I known this earlier, I thought, then maybe I wouldn't feel so much pressure to create and my works would have at least felt less forced. I feel like this is talked about in a few of the films talked about in the Vol. 1 zine, where there's just so much burnout and perfectionism surrounding the everyday creative. It was nice to see how a lot of artists are doing their best to bring this further into the light with their personal works.
One of the most significant parts of my creative journey has been coming to terms with realizing that I'm... not really as creative as I thought I was. It's something that I also struggled to accept, especially since I realized this at the tail end of my college years - so it somehow feels like I spent all those years expecting so much of myself, when in reality, my brain worked a little more differently than most creatives. For starters, I realized that I was more of a logical thinker than a creative one - I followed systems better than creating systems, but I still found myself attached to the creative industry. I loved to create. It simply just wasn't my strength. Had I known this earlier, I thought, then maybe I wouldn't feel so much pressure to create and my works would have at least felt less forced. I feel like this is talked about in a few of the films talked about in the Vol. 1 zine, where there's just so much burnout and perfectionism surrounding the everyday creative. It was nice to see how a lot of artists are doing their best to bring this further into the light with their personal works.
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