{"id":152485,"date":"2019-07-04T17:35:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T00:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=152485"},"modified":"2019-07-04T17:54:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T00:54:19","slug":"how-to-embed-your-soul-into-your-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/04\/how-to-embed-your-soul-into-your-artwork\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Tips How to Embed Your Soul into Your Artwork"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recognize the fact that the artworks you create are a reflection of your soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

1. Honor your selfie<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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First of all, literally put yourself in your artworks. Photograph your feet, your body, your face, shadow, whatever it may be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Photograph your soulmates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photograph those who you love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, I photograph Cindy (#cindyproject<\/a>) in which I impute my love for her in the images I create of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Photograph your sentiments, feelings, and aesthetic sensibilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Photograph anything you consider beautiful in your eyes. Allow yourself to create art-works which reveal whatever you find beautiful and elegant in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photograph things, places, trees, urban landscapes<\/a>, street photographs<\/a>— no categorizes. All photos you shoot which interest you are good photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Embrace all forms of visual artistry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Don’t just stick yourself in photography. Embrace calligraphy, drawings, or any other form of artistic expression. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, I love ZEN BRUSH 2 — I just makes sketches on my iPhone when I’m out and about. I never strive for any form of perfection. I sketch for fun, and don’t take it too seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. Ignore everyone else (and disconnect from social media)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The best way I’ve been able to thrive as a visual artist is to delete Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social media makes you more generic, and influences you to ‘pander to the masses’. Which means, you ultimately get suckered by social media<\/a> on this ‘like’ treadmill– in which you’re falling into the loop of uploading photos in order to collect more likes, in order to get that ‘feel-good’ dopamine hit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve found the ultimate zen-technology-artist hybrid is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create art-works digitally, then share it on your own website\/blog.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Best is to create a wordpress.org<\/a> website, hosted via bluehost.com<\/a> or 1and1.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disable all your statistics, and keep on creating, and uploading\/sharing your art-works. When you own your own website, you own yourself<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to get real and honest feedback on your photo, upload it to arsbeta.com<\/a> and also contribute your honest feedback and critique to other members in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAKE ON!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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