"Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around."
--- Stephen King
Sometimes it's easy to lose track of what actually makes one happy. We get caught up in success, in failure, in what we're expected to do. We go for what's easy instead of what's satisfying. We get so used to following advice we forget what our hearts sound like.
"Art: the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects."
I believe anything done with passion qualifies as art. A human being leveraging the infinite power of their experience to tell a story, solve a problem, or simply convey a feeling can only end in something beautiful. The sense of well-being and exhilaration that comes from tapping into ourselves is what gives human beings the strength to thrive on this planet.
I clock my 40+ hours every week doing things with a primary goal of making someone else large amounts of money. Parts of my job transcend the work/art divide, but I find I can't maintain true balance with things done as a product of work.
This blog is art for art's sake--telling the stories about the places and things in our world that may not be obvious from what we can see. This is how I maintain my balance.
