"...I feel most creative when I’m sharing my experiences."

This may sound funny but I feel most creative when I’m sharing my experiences.  It’s when I reflect that I truly feel the value of my work.  I think we are inundated with stimulation throughout the day and either consciously or subconsciously that stimulus manifests itself in our work. 

I’m still at the beginning of this new career, a generalist perhaps, and not yet having chosen to specialize in either styling or color therefore I think I’m open to all stimuli.  I reflected on this question and tried to reference the brilliant colors of an Arizona desert sunset or the sharp, jagged texture of Phoenix’s South Mountain, but sadly I couldn’t relate the images to my work.  I thought of music, paintings, and pictures in magazines but still I could not draw a correlation. 

While pondering this thought, the phone rang and like countless nights before, found myself sharing my day with my daughter. As I described the events of the day I could feel my voice getting louder and my pulse quicken.  I could feel the smile on my face and actually see the entire day play out in my mind as I shared what I had done and what I’d do differently tomorrow. 

 

After hanging up I began to write about what I was feeling and it all came together.  I don’t always know why I do things, can’t always make correlations between things and actions, I just know that when I remain open to my environment and share my experiences, the creativity flows.