As an image-maker in modern society, an artist has certain responsibilities. I choose to create art that shows things that are important to me, and that I want to transmit to others in my own deeply expressive way. In the past, I have found myself conflicted about having to choose whom my art is directed to: the general public, my family and friends, or those with extensive background knowledge in the arts? An artwork is engaging to the viewer, no matter what their experience or perspective. As an artist I feel I must continue consistently to “think outside the box”, even if that box is contemporary thought on art or philosophies in general. This inspires me to keep creating, innovating, and put aside praise or criticism of my works, that could hinder the production. I have a vital role in putting my art “out there” for the public.
A piece of art can be as unique as the individual who interprets it – containing ideas, concepts, reactions, feelings – and a change within this framework with each sensory cognition of it. As long as there is an interaction, or even my own interaction with life through which I create, the artistic production is valid.