[Aaron Burks]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>I’m a professional artist, my Dude. I went to school and got a fancy piece of paper that has validated my skills in the eyes of the Artworld, but in reality, college didn’t teach me “how” to create as much as it taught me to like, find inspiration.

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Like you, I find that I get inspired by checking out other artists. I like spending my time at art museums and checking out the art that fits my own preconceptions of what art is, and that works well for getting inspired with the “how.” But like, sometimes you just gotta check out the art you think is a hot mess, man. Because that’s where you’re gonna find inspiration for the “why.”

Creativeness is like a frame of mind man. Not everyone can abide that way. And if you can, you’re special. Embrace that drive to create. Do what makes you happy and whatever like, ties your life together. If that’s painting naked lady friends, then paint naked lady friends. If it’s weaving baskets underwater for the blind, then get to weaving. Creativity can be a use it or lose it commodity. Not many know where the drive comes from, but I do know you should use it, or life could take it back as mysteriously as it gave it.

now go forth and abide.

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