Creative Block
It has been two weeks since the launch of this website and I have hit a creative block. After having spent the last 4 months painstakingly building a brand that I felt I could be proud of, one that authentically expresses the most sincere and passionate values of who I am and who I want to be. I somehow find myself hesitating about how much of my personal self and thoughts I should be sharing on my blog, whether sharing my personal setbacks and uncertainties would deter people from believing in my brand and my art, and most of all-why would anyone care to read my thoughts on these matters when we all have problems of our own to sort out.
These are the same thoughts I woke up to this morning, filled with guilt of not having stuck to my weekly blog post schedule, due to my uncertainty of what words of mine could hold enough value or inspiration to be worth putting out into the world. I have never had a problem with action, once my heart was pointed in the right direction, but words can unwittingly walk a precarious line between pretense and over self-importance.
However, as I read about the terrible events that are happening in Paris on the few news platforms I do follow on my phone, and scan through the huge outpouring of love and heartfelt support that has been sent, shared, and expressed to family members, friends, and loved ones on every social media platform within our reach...I was reminded of one thing. That although moments of creativity and inspiration can be the highlights of our emotional memory, their darker counterparts of hardship, uncertainty, vulnerability, and struggle are what brings people together. Thus, the feelings we experience that we are not proud to say out loud and share are also the most effective in unlocking barriers and creating connections, because they are a personal piece of ourselves that we risk when we unveil it to public judgement. This is part of what I want YVIE to stand for and what I believe should be a part of living life sincerely, compassionately, and openly.
So, I am humbly going to brave what I believe in, and make this statement as much to myself as to the ether. That being bold of mind is being bold of heart, where the first step is to be willing to share the inspiring, the personal, as well as the darkness-in the hope of connecting and creating ripples of change.
My thoughts and love to Paris,
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