What ‘art’ means to me…

A lot of times in the past few months, I asked a lot of artists, ‘what is art to them?’ And ‘what inspires them?’

I enjoyed, admired and loved their connections to art so much. To some art was a part of them ( one he said that ‘without art he is nothing.”) Others said different yet similar things… To all these people art played a huge role in their life…

There was also this lady I watched on YouTube, she lived in a small town isolated from the city with her husband and they designed jewelry together. She loved nature and just made life seem like awe. Whenever I watched her videos, I felt free, I felt unlimited – like I was in a void of eternal bliss…

Watching these videos and listening to these people – I loved the passion, the connection they had with what they were doing. I loved how in tune they felt with their lives – the flow just attracted me… But what I didn’t realize was that over time I began to adapt their meanings to life and art…

I maybe thought that their life was the key to what I wanted. Soon I could be a jewelry designer or an artist, maybe even a fashion designer. I didn’t realize then, that what I truly admired was the drive and flow – the zen behind their works…

Today I was watching a video about ‘soul propose’ and the lady was talking about practicing… In that moment I realize something. Each time I asked the artist what art meant to them, I was searching for something, same with the video.

I was looking for a feeling that I felt but didn’t understand because I didn’t know what art and life meant to me – I didn’t understand what it all meant to me.

So I guess today I am trying to pour out my own expression I get.

😂 First of all, right now I’m listening to some calm music and watching a guy playing the piano and he is so into it, so much passion and flow again❤❤❤ But I don’t want to get into his own energy too, so back to the point…

For me, art is fluid – it is not painting it is not sculpture it’s not just writing. To me art is everything. Art is passion, its the connection, the emotion, the flow, the love, be it for chemistry, biology, law, engineering, music or painting – for me it everything because it permeates everything… I guess that’s why sometimes I feel like I can do anything, and that is why I hate pinning myself to one thing…

(Or according to the world, I could just be indecisive😂)

For me – personally, art is travel, art is peace of mind – art is this state I’m in right now… Art is when I write. Art is peaceful expression manifesting itself in various forms from drawing, to painting, to writing, to designing and fashion, to sculpting (something I’ve always wanted to try), to living and actually living life. For me, art is boundless and it makes me feel boundless…

This is what art means to me.

A lot of times, we let the world and others definition of life, situations, and things define for us, be it good or bad. We adapt their meanings, forgetting that we have ours and that is the only one that is truly important.

Don’t let someone else’s definition of what you love or what you do deter you, remember in your heart what it means to you… I’m not talking snout when you are doing a bad thing poo, I talking about when you are coming from a place of guiding peace❤

Lots of love,

Adanma❤