Collage Influences

I’m learning how to maximize some of my apps on my phone. Today I’m sharing a video I made in iMovie on my iPhone. I have uploaded the video on to my IG pages and personal FB page as well. I make all of my collages by hand. Sharing work digitally gives my art a platform and space to be consumed more broadly.

The video is a mashup of IG stories I saved and uploaded into iMovie. It’s a quick synopsis of themes and things that regularly show up in my collage work (🌸& ❤️). I will play around with more video in order to share my creative process and to talk about why creating is important and how it can be of benefit to everyone.

Work by Romare Bearden

A Million Thoughts

What’s on your mind?

In today’s digitally connected, multi-tasking, always available world we usually feel like we have a million thoughts running through our heads. I love getting into a creative zone to escape this hurried world. It’s liberating to use my hands to make something. Whatever I’m creating requires my focus and the process very often lures me into a meditative state. I get consumed with the process of creating and it becomes intoxicating.

Our imaginations are powerful and have the potential to become our realities. I love imagining and repurposing found imagery into a new unique design. My hope is that we all put our imaginations to work to improve the world around us - home, neighborhood, city, nation, etc. Don’t underestimate the power of your imaginations and thoughts backed with some action.

Visual imagery of the phrase “a million thoughts” - a work in progress by Heather Polk.

Make Creativity A Habit

Practice scribbling with a crayon, doodling with a pen on a Post-It note, tear pages out of the magazine, grab some water color paint and just release on a blank sheet of paper. Do it for the process, don’t get caught up in the outcome. Practicing creativity can reduce stress and spark all around inspiration. Most people I know are looking to reduce their stress levels and searching high and low for inspiration.

Making creativity a habit might reveal a talent, an interest or uncover hidden truths waiting to be revealed. The inspiration is all round - look outside your window, close your eyes and imagine, reflect on photos of your last vacation, look a loved one in the eyes, Google “art” or do a key word/hashtag search on Instagram. The inspiration is everywhere and there are numerous reasons to make creativity a habit. I hope you take the time to make creativity a habit.