Artists making a difference

I write because I want to connect with the world, I want to make a difference, as I think all artists do. Even if just one person reads this blog and it improves their day, teaches them something new, changes their outlook in a positive way, or even makes them smile, I will have accomplished something.

Songwriters can create such beauty in the careful choice of their words, and the elegant construction of their melody.

Artists can inspire nations through gentle strokes of a brush in vibrant illustrative colours of life.

Philosophers can change the meaning of life through strategic symbolism and poetic views.

Poets can offer a new perspective on the world through the eyes of multiple different people.

Artists can change lives, and it only takes one reader or one viewer, to appreciate their art or to be inspired by it, to impact more people and change the world. It's one of the reasons art, theatre and writing mean so much to me. It's something that has survived the test of time and will never slow down or stop. No matter what, art remains and connects every time era, and every generation.

I may just be a girl, sitting alone in her room, at stupid o'clock in the morning, watching the light on the screen flicker in time with my blinks, but maybe this girl can create a difference. Just like all those artists that have come before me, maybe I can change this world like the people who have inspired me to be a writer and storyteller. Maybe I can reach out through this dark pit that is the computer screen, through the internet, and find the light at the other end. Maybe in the print on this page, and the pixels on your screen, you can find hope, laughter and helpful advice.

I write because I must. I think a lot of creatives do what they do because of a deep, unnamed desire that urges them to do it. It can't be explained or rationalised but you know it's all you must be, or want to be, doing. It's a voice telling you to do. It's the skip of a heartbeat when you're doing what you love. It's the satisfaction you feel after completing a project. It's the envy you feel at people more successful at their creative pursuits, but simultaneously the inspiration you feel from these people to work your way up to their successes. It's the strongest impulse and belief that this is what you were put on this earth to do. And you go and do it. In every breath, in every movement, you feel this creativity in your bones, and it's in everything you do.

Every day a thousand thoughts swirling in my head are just waiting to leak through my fingertips and create endless magic with the power of words, and every day I allow them. Every day more and more creativity spark through my core and makes me lose where I am into a whole new world of possibilities and stories. The real world has enough dullness and I want to be part of the world of artists that help bring the colour, brightness and excitement back into life. I long for an audience that I can inspire, have interesting conversations with about things we're passionate about, and share my thoughts with. I aspire to help others and if I can do that through my writing, I will continue to do so with all my power and creativity.

I hope you stick around with me and continue to enjoy my words.