I've been experimenting with different mediums lately, and this is my latest self portrait: watercolors and sharpie pen combined to create a fairly surprising result. I've been wanting to make more art lately, but with creation comes this pressure to make it look AMAZING. I have seen so many incredible works of art, and I want to be able to create something just as powerful. But that's a LOT of pressure to put on myself as an artist! So instead, I've decided to experiment with different mediums, so that I don't feel this pressure - by using a new medium that I'm not accustomed to, I can free myself with the thought that it CAN'T be perfect, because I'm trying something new. And it becomes a process of experimentation, rather than a 100%-successful result.
I try to take this mentality to my career as well, but I realize that it becomes much harder. I want to experiment, to "play" and not worry about failure - but when you have deadlines, budgets, peer reviews, and execs telling you whether or not your idea will work, you don't want to waste time and resources on "playing" or experimentation. You feel this inherent need for your idea to be PERFECT. But what I'm starting to realize is that in order to make a great idea, or a creative solution, I need to strip away the pressure to be perfect and just see where the medium takes me. Try something new, look at an idea from a different perspective, and see what happens! It may not have the result you are looking for, but I can promise you that you will find out something new that you never would have thought were it not for the opportunity to release yourself of the pressures of life, and just explore.
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