What do I want to accomplish? What is my goal? These are questions I often find myself asking. Although the truth is, I don’t share the same or even similar goals with the majority of teens. In fact, one may question me or my goals because of how bizarre they may be at times. Are they even goals? Recently, they have not been material. This is why it was difficult for me to organize them and make sure to pick one that wasn’t too “out there”. Our assignment was to use the SMART process and method in achieving our goals. We were instructed to pick one academy goal, and one “personal”, both to be completed by January 31st. A problem then arises with that though, as my personal goals are very personal to me and I don’t feel comfortable sharing them, or people may label me as “crazy”. So, nevertheless, I have decided to pick an academy goal, and a “semi-personal” goal. The academy goal was easy, because as I mentioned earlier, it is physical. My personal goal on the other hand, was quite difficult. Also, My academy goal and my “personal” goal go hand in hand, as I am using each of them to inspire me to complete the other task.
See I have been experimenting lately with my visual art. Typically I enjoy doing character and anime drawing, or sometimes landscape painting. Although lately, I have been surprisingly interested in abstract and expression style art. So, I have decided that every other week I will be doing an abstract painting on how I feel. The weeks in between will be the same except for I get to pick which medium I use each week. I will be doing the painting and art every Friday. My goal is to get better at expressing myself through visual art, and getting better at noticing and reflecting on my feelings, and their triggers. I really do think this will help me as an artist, as well as on a personal level. For my personal goal, I have chosen something that may look vague. See, on a personal level, as I mentioned earlier, my goals are not material. Also, I don’t have many goals that are an “achievement”. I prefer to not look at the end result as much as I look at the process, or the journey. Meaning my goal is not the end result, as much as it is just doing the techniques, habits, and change in lifestyle, and observe what the end result is. That is the goal. So, to be more specific, I want to expand my awareness. I want to become more aware of inside. I want to observe my thoughts, and patterns, as well as eventually break free of them. Also, I want to change perspective and view the world in a neutral, less biased way. So, to get better at observing my thoughts, emotions, and expand my awareness, I am going to practise a few methods and techniques. The first and foremost being I am. This might sound weird, but it is a technique that I have come across. It is made to essentially make it easier for me to observe myself and therefore be able to proact, instead of being the “victim” and reacting all of the time. You do a guided meditation every morning and focus on I am. Nothing else but that feeling that you exist. Really as humans that is the only thing we know for certain, that we exist. Therefore it is the best way to quiet the mind and become the observer. The next technique is kundalini yoga. Every Sunday I will be doing a form of yoga with my siblings that will also aid me with this. It is relatively easy so I need not worry about procrastination or putting it off because it is too much of a “production”. The last thing I will be doing is dream journaling. This has proved to be helpful to me in the past as I dream every single night. It has helped me learn more about myself because dreams are a sort of story your mind creates. If you can learn the moral of the story, you can apply them to your life as a benefit. In conclusion, both goals will help each other because my meditation will help me recognize emotions and the art will help me express them. Inspiration will feed off of each other. Both will help me along my road as an artist and as a person. So thank you. I appreciate you reading this far. Also, I am interested to see what I may or may not be able to observe in myself as well as in my art.
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James
10/30/2020 02:27:15 pm
Hi there. Nice blog. Where can I buy prints of your art?
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AuthorTyler Vincent is a mainly visual artist that does character and story illustrations, as well as experiments with Landscape and portrait painting. Archives
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