What’s Your Story?
Everybody’s
got one…how will you tell yours?
Art is everywhere—especially in you. A simple melody, a three-word phrase, a wordless
stroke of a paintbrush are all flashes of art in our world. They make up
everything around us, though crafted only by those few famous creators of our
time. Every song, every poem, every painting is left to the professionals. But
now, it is your time.
You,
the everyman. Art is everywhere—especially in you.
I
am not a man of legend. My brain is not a brilliant palace of creativity, but I
do have a story. I will tell my
story. I could tell it through dance. I could tell it through song. I could
tell it through novels, paintings, poems, sketches, photography, graphic
design, music of any instrument, lyrics, scripts, film, calligraphy, acting,
hair design, makeup design, cooking, sculpting, sewing, knitting, short stories—the
list goes on and on, because the list
only stops when you decide you cannot create any more. But you can make art. After all, art is everywhere—especially
in you.
But
what exactly is “art?”
Art,
nowadays is an off-putting term. We only go to see art at a gallery, and when
we have had our fill, we leave the art behind until we think of it again, only
as an activity, possibly years later. Most of the population frowns on art as
though it should only be a pastime. I intend to change that mindset. Art is not
meant to be solely housed inside a stationary prison but endlessly spread
across the world for everyone to see. Those paintings, structures, and
sculptures seen at museums and exhibits are only fractions of what art could
be. When did sonnets, plays, music, and dance all stop becoming “art?” In the
modern definition of the word, art is “the quality, production, expression, or
realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful.”
If
that is the definition of art, then that inspires the question…what is beautiful?
You.
You
are beautiful because you were created by the
Beautiful. There is nothing that separates you from the professionals of this
age, other than your ingrained presupposition that you simply cannot create. You are a unique and
interwoven tapestry of emotions, thoughts, and ideas. Why not express them?
This mess of sunshine and darkness, hopes and fears, memories and imaginations
fused at your very core is what I call your story. Your story is your being. It is who you were, who you are, and who
you will become simultaneously coexisting in the same plane: you. There is no
one way to express your story, for each story is pricelessly unique and
deserves to be told a thousand different times in a thousand different ways.
So
if your story is you—and you are beautiful—and art is anything that is
beautiful, then your story is art.
Anything you create can be a masterpiece, not based on grade, skill level, fear
of failure to reach perfection, desire to impress others, or traditional lenses
of the word beauty but based solely on your heart—your story.
What
if my story impacts a million people? Or even more…what if my story impacts just one? How can I not share my story and
touch that one life, inspiring it with the everyday beauty in life? Not only will
sharing your story impact your own life, but it will impact others. It will inspire both yourself, those around
you, and those you have yet to meet. Your story will be seen, heard, and felt.
But
how can you do that? It’s simple. Start by creating something once a week
through any one of the innumerable art forms and post it on any social media
site. Get your story out there and encourage others to join in with sharing
what is in their heart. Share the pages and accounts of “What’s Your Story?”
with your friends and tag the pages whenever you craft a form of art.
Spread
a revolution of beauty, a revival of personal creativity. It begins with you.
Never
stop creating, never stop dreaming, and never
stop telling your story.
Art
is everywhere—especially in you. Your story is art. It is anything you choose
to create. You story is waiting…
Everybody’s
got one: this is our story...how will you tell yours?
What are
you waiting for?
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