Ah-ah moment on inspiration and journaling

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This artist wrote something that gave me a haha moment, just like this other commenters. In the following, I share my thoughts on inspiration and my art process.
I'm often told by my visual art mentor (my mom) that I worked too much on that piece from my art journal or my sketchbook. Some readers of my words told me the same.
Today, I just figured out my art journal, my sketchbook, my bullet journal, my Pride List, carry the same goal: help me think and evolve. They are my progress and inspiration notes. It took me years of Morning Pages, then a daily sketch practice in a bullet journal to understand what was a writer's notebook. Talk about a curvy and detoured journey!

I love how Eibhlin explains the purpose of her zine : to share and document her ideas while working on a concept, knowing that this will inspire other artists to create a work of art. Just like she got ideas from others' projects.

To me, any creation (visual, writing, musical, engineered, built, etc.)  is the result of a chain of contacts with others' works, the society, our life events, our personal journey, and much more. Our brain processes all this in its own way. All human brains are the same on a scan, and extremely different. Very often, two strangers from opposite sides of the world can create similar works without copying each other. Their processes show how they see life their own way. That is inspiration.  If it is copying-pasting artworks, why bother and worry about plagiarism ?

Last night, I heard a jazz music with the same chords progression as a Lionel Ritchie's song, to a point I was singing it while the jazz one was playing. It felt awkward, fun, and it sounded beautiful (well, you know what I mean) ! This new jazz piece IS the result of that chain of learning and simmering brains. Both are harmonious and make you feel something. 

Now, I'm teaching myself that I can overwork my projects... in my journals. The finished project, that one I decide to share, should give a better result, hopefully less overworked. 

And to get back to that jazz piece, I hope no one will remove it because of copyrights issues. The world deserves to hear this interpretation of something older and timeless.

Please, go read Art Journals v. Artist’s Journals and come back to let me know your thoughts.



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