creativity....?
how does one find it? lose it? gain it?! my creative juices are slowly draining. i really do enjoy the shop i'm in at the moment despite one co worker who sometimes just really gets under my skin. but looking past that one minor bump in the road, i'm working right outside a military base so the clients are flowing in left and right. and i'm making a decent amount of money. i'm getting some cool customers with awesome ideas! but... hah! yes there always is a but! i'm sitting here today just trying to draw to keep my hand loose. and i can't even draw a simple crow perched on a branch. normally i'd have no problem just looking up some reference and drawing away. it's just not clicking today. my mind sees something but my hand just can't keep up. and it really brings me down. i guess cause i can't really go to anyone i work with and ask for critiques. not saying my art is better then theirs. but they DON'T draw. EVER! i have an awesome opportunity that was laid upon me. working at a shop with a VERY good friend of mine. he has been tattooing for at least 15 years. his partner just as much. i have worked with him once before for a year or two. and he was such a major influence in me! showing me tattooers from all over the world! just making my brain explode to the beautiful art that these men/women create. i can't explain enough how much he has helped me just look at my profession. and i am truly honored to have met and worked with him. but yes he has offered me a position at his newly opened shop. my own space. my own hours. ME. he asked ME! i'm going up there on my next day off to sit down talk and hang out for the better part of the day. that day actually falls upon my birthday so i'm probably going to ask him if he'd tattoo me. it's been....at least a year since i've gotten a new tattoo. possibly a nice traditional eagle with a rose. i don't know. its still a week away for me to think about it. man, it feels great to write this out. maybe someone will read it? haha probably not but oh well! cheers my friends!