my art has been my therapy over the years. Letting the things out and dealing with them. Mulling them over for hours, days, weeks, months...even years, and then trying to figure them out...has helped me come to terms with the issues in my life. Once the piece is created i feel like i have put it to rest. Although, i am now revisiting certain pieces, i don't think things were resolved or dealt with at the time that they were originally created. But once i preserved these issues i feel like i can move on.
Now that i am at a different point in my life, i feel like i can properly deal with certain things in my life in a rational way. This allows the creative process to be what it should be. Before i was such a mess of emotions trying to release things into my work, i couldn't focus on many technical aspects of them. I have learned that i need to keep things in perspective and not let my emotions control my life. I need to focus on connecting with my audience in the creation of the piece. I cannot solely make it about me. That is selfish, and selfish art does not connect with other people, therefore completely eradicating the purpose of why i make art.
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