This intimate invisible museum you write about is such an important part of our heart ! Thank you for this wonderful essay opening to your readers an inspiring and human threshold : make a work of art with your life experience and delights...
You have kind of rocked my world here and I'm not an artist. (OK, I knit a single strand of yarn into things like sweaters and socks - kind of art-y but that's neither here nor there.) The idea of possessing my own "invisible museum" - curated over 69 years - is revelatory. It makes sense, now that your have articulated this truth, that we all have one. You have dropped this fully formed into my brain and I can see it so clearly. And it's delightful and beautiful and makes me emotional.
This is so great. I think as a teen who really liked art and wanted to be an interesting artist, I felt inhibited by having not yet developed some amalgamation of unique curiosities/experiences/curated favorite things, the museum you describe. You’re still learning who you are. I remember feeling very frustrated by that. Revisiting fine art after university and 10+ years of a design career, and simply, life, I’m realizing how filled in my museum has become. I’ve just been unearthing gems hidden in a closet and hanging them on a wall so it’s easier to see. This post is a really helpful framing for me, thank you!
I love this. I’m a quilter and a watercolor artist, and both influenced the infographics I created for my business. Curiosity is the key to originality.
This intimate invisible museum you write about is such an important part of our heart ! Thank you for this wonderful essay opening to your readers an inspiring and human threshold : make a work of art with your life experience and delights...
Step one wait 30 years step two look back there’s your style
You have kind of rocked my world here and I'm not an artist. (OK, I knit a single strand of yarn into things like sweaters and socks - kind of art-y but that's neither here nor there.) The idea of possessing my own "invisible museum" - curated over 69 years - is revelatory. It makes sense, now that your have articulated this truth, that we all have one. You have dropped this fully formed into my brain and I can see it so clearly. And it's delightful and beautiful and makes me emotional.
This is so great. I think as a teen who really liked art and wanted to be an interesting artist, I felt inhibited by having not yet developed some amalgamation of unique curiosities/experiences/curated favorite things, the museum you describe. You’re still learning who you are. I remember feeling very frustrated by that. Revisiting fine art after university and 10+ years of a design career, and simply, life, I’m realizing how filled in my museum has become. I’ve just been unearthing gems hidden in a closet and hanging them on a wall so it’s easier to see. This post is a really helpful framing for me, thank you!
I’m really happy the writing resonated with you so much. Thanks for sharing that with me ❤️
For everyone who once believed they knew exactly what to do with their life. https://marielmmatute.substack.com/p/what-creativity-wanted?r=6kupc9&utm_medium=ios
Probably the best explanation of style.
I love this. I’m a quilter and a watercolor artist, and both influenced the infographics I created for my business. Curiosity is the key to originality.
Thanks for sharing, I love that!
Thank you for sharing—very encouraging and motivating! I will be sharing this with my new students!
Thanks Chandler, happy to hear!
Exactly.
I love this! “Here’s how I think about it. You’re building an invisible museum, and you’ve been adding to it your whole life without knowing it.”