Consuming content meaningfully as an artist. Protecting my creativity by avoiding sameness and over stimulation online.
I'm not really one for new year's resolutions, however this year I would like to revitalise my art practice. It's easy to get in a groove with it, and it's only by pushing out of my comfort zone that I discover new ideas and improve. To do this I am going back to purchasing art books, both as an inspiration and a source of exercises to try. I pretty much learned art from books. When I started, short of going to courses and workshops, it was the only way. As the internet became more prevalent I have learned some useful things by watching videos, however lately I have felt I'm no longer consciously consuming content. At this stage it feels like the internet is saturated with basically everything, to the point it's visually and mentally overwhelming. Looking at art online is problematic because there's so much of it, a lot of it looks similar, and it is increasingly difficult to differentiate if it's created by a person, or churned out by AI. At times ...
