Design Vs. Art

Lately I have been getting out and seeing a lot of artwork at various galleries around Chicago. Today I attended some of the gallery open houses at Explore Fulton Market (www.explorefultonmarket.com). In the past couple weeks I have seen some great artwork and well, truthfully, some not so great artwork.

Years of producing commercial design had soured my drive to be truly creative outside the guidelines of the advertising world. Although necessary for practical means, the confines of commercial design doesn't offer a creative type the needed outlet and release of ideas and emotions that fine art provides.

With the help of all the great, and not so great, work I've seen in the past couple weeks, I have been feeling truly inspired to do some projects that aren't trying to sell someone something or convince them to jump on the latest cultural bandwagon. Seeing others that are active in the art community here in Chicago really gives me some drive to get up and do something. I have talent that I feel has basically been wasted for quite some time. I know that I have something to offer and I'm ready to start dishing it out! As a teenager I enjoyed creating art for the mere act of expressing myself and providing the viewer with something that's interesting to the human psyche. I feel that stepping back and just producing work for myself without any rules or guidelines will really help me in many aspects of my life.

I'm taking back my lifelong love of creating... So where did I put that drawing pencil?

Comments

[Chelsea Winkel]

Nicely said. I'm glad to see you have found some new inspiration. Can't wait to see what comes of it.