Create

When emotions are running high and differences seem more visible than ever, as artists, we can use our collective strength to focus on the power of art. Your creative voice bridges divisions, nurtures empathy, offers hope, sparks important conversations, and brings healing to yourself and your communities. Keep creating. Keep sharing your work. Your art makes our world a little more understanding, a little more beautiful – and that’s exactly what we need right now. – @artworkarchive

I know this well. And it is comforting to see this sentiment shared by so many artists across social media today. In high anxiety last night, I pulled several different background images and several different portraits and played around until I created something I liked.

I am so thankful to have found an outlet like this.

What else can you do?

Still feeling the strong desire to create something this morning I ran my image through Insight. I love this tool for these times … wanting to go a little further. Or answer the question, what else can I do with all of this? Here is what I received back.

I was drawn to the image on the lower right. The blurring street lines caught my attention. So with a new intention or inspiration I created another image.

Out of curiosity, I asked a few people which they are more drawn to. Not that that is the point, but always interesting to me to hear what other people see. I get to say, “yes, me too!” or “cool, I didn’t think of that”. I think this is exactly why it is so valuable to share your work, and talk about your work with other people.

I wrote down what my daughter had to say: it’s ‘one foot forward, one foot backward’, she’s being pulled back and forth

I’m sitting with those thoughts tonight.