Welcome to Life- Art Balance Video Series

Hi there!
Welcome to my blog about creativity,inspiration, art, life. This is not my first time creating a vlog/blog but this is the first time I’ve approached it from the point of view of an artist. Because that’s what I am and what makes me observe life the way that I do: A big piece that requires and deserves a proper composition.

Thanks for visiting.

See you soon!
G.R.

Rebellion Yes, Self Destruction No

Hi there artsters!
There is something that a beginner-artist may find romantic about the image of a loner; a cool loser with a cigarette in one hand and and a shot glass in the other. This is especially true when you think about musicians on the rockier side of the spectrum.

You’ve probably heard about the ‘Club of 27’. A lot of very tallented musicians like Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix lost their lives at the age of 27 to drugs, alcohol andreckless life style. And many musicians have survived to tell it as it is; probably most of them wouldn’t bepraising that era of their lives highly.

When you’re young and you posses the sensitive soul of an artist, it’s easy to fall into that trap and justify it as “this is the way true artists tick” but if you give yourself time to grow, not just as an artist but as a person as well, someday you’ll see that your view of the world will change and that you don’t need to ruin your life to create great art and get appreciated.

Rebellion goes with the territory when you’re an artist, you don’t want to be just another dot; you want to express yourself; you want to prove you’re different and you’ve got things to offer; by all means do that! But if all that’s true reach that point without self-destructing because World needs to see your future work as well for crying out loud.

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G.R.

Inspiration Strikes

Hi there artsters!
I don’t know about you but the inspiration and the best ideas seem to come to me at the weirdest times: in toilet, in shower, taking a walk in a forrest, etc. I used to carry around a small notebook in my pocket. Nowadays I mostly talk to my phone and record my ideas as quickly as I can; Sometimes I even make a video on the spot. Whereas if I had all the time in the world and was sitting in front of my computer, nothing would be happening and I’d end up surfing through YouTube videos or something. Damn!

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G.R.

Inspiration, Creativity and Schedule

Hi there artsters!
As I said before , inspiration may strike at the weirdest times. Although it’s a good idea to be well organised in general and keep a tight schedule to not waste your hours and days on unnecessary details, when a certain familiar flow of inspiration strikes and your creativity is on a roll, you better milk it as much and as quickly as you can even if that means ruling out your schedule completely. Imagine you’re a surfer and you come across the perfect wave; don’t just waste it because it wasn’t something planned, it might take a long while before you see another one like that.Don’t stop and waste time on details and rough edges either; once your basic brilliant ideas are captured then you can do your scheduling and comeback to them for some finetuning; probably at a time when you’re not feelingt very creative yet you’d like to see some work get done.

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G.R.

Give it Time

Hi there artsters!
Don’t rush your art piece unless it’s a paying work and unfortunately, hey that’s life isn’t it, you happen to have a deadline. Make a draft, take some time off, then come back to it. Approach it bit by bit; every time with a bolt of energy that you had saved over time; a bit like those old battery charged camera flash pieces. An art work is a flower; when the time is right it will blossom; that’s when it’s going to be as close to perfect as it can ever be.

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G.R.

Toolbox of an Artist

Hi there artsters!
What’s in your toolbox? Depending on the art form you create the tools you use may vary and it’s always a great idea to learn about a subject as much as you can. If you’re a writer, the more words you know the better you’re going to e able to express yourself. However just because you don’t know tons of words like your favorite author does , it doesn’t mean that you should put a hold on creating until you do. To be creative with only what you’ve got is an art in itself also. Sometimes less is more. Take for example the Beatles one of the best bands that had ever existed and their fantastic album “Sgt Pepper”. Could you believe that that album was made with a four-track recorder? Where there is will there is a way. Imagine an artist who only draws with a black crayon. The fact that he doesn’t happen to use other colors simply doesn’t make him any less of an artist, does it? Don’t stop learning; keep improving but also concentrate on doing your best with what you’ve got at the moment.

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G.R.

Jazz vs Metal

Hi there artsters!
To me all art is about composition: What’s the structure like? Is the skeleton, the foundation strong enough to carry everything else? Etc. The rest is just icing on the cake. That’s why I can get to enjoy differnt forms of life much more easily than a lot of others; at least a lot of people whom I know, that is. For example I can enjoy a soft old bossa nova tune like those of Antonio Carlos Jobim just as much as a ruthless Heavy Metal offering from Slayer. As long as they happen to have something that appeals to me I don’t care what that is called or what form that expession is in.

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G.R.

Why Do I Hate Smartphones and Tablets?

I’ve been into web designing for some time now. It used to be so much easier before the smart phone and tablets became so popular. You designed your site according to the measurements of your desktop screen and that was it where as now you have to take all the different screen sizes of different devices into consideration. There is such a system called responsive design and it’s practical because what that does is adjust itself according to the size of a particular device that the viewer happens to be using. However if you happen to be the kind of designer who likes to play with images and create not just a web-page but almost a ‘painting’ of some sort,like myself, it’s a bit annoying to know that your site is going to lose its real ‘magic’ on a smaller screen, regardless of how neat it looks overall.

See you soon!
G.R.