This is a conclusion I have come to quite awhile ago. I was watching a reel on Instagram by Subway Takes, and the take was “there is too much art, and there are too many artists”
I realised I had come to a similar conclusion awhile ago.
It’s not that I don’t want to create, or that I don’t want to make art. But I think I don’t have to feel pressured to create if I don’t want to. I do feel pressured to create a lot of the time, considering I’m supposed to be mentoring people creatively. But the truth is I don’t have anything to express. I have my opinions that I voice in places like this blog.
Once in awhile I do feel the need to make something that I haven’t heard before. But I do think it is unnecessary. As it is, I won’t be able to read every single book published in the world in my lifetime. In fact, I think I will barely touch the surface of it.
There will also be too much music to ever listen to, there are too many galleries to visit, and too many unknown artworks that will only be unearthed after the artists die. There is just too much work out in the world right now, and personally I want to be very responsible with what I produce and add to the mess of everything.
Maybe that’s also the reason why I slowed down a ton of what I post on social media as a whole. Because the world really doesn’t need another drawing. We need a bit more words to talk, and a lot more physical real world conversations.
Maybe I should make a zine about this.
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