Inspiration and Ideas
So, back to business (if I can call it that). Finding ideas for Christian shirts is almost like finding ideas for songs to write (http://charlieandheather.com/blogs/blog_charlieandheather.html). There's either inspiration or and idea.
INSPIRATION
One of the famous places people (including me) get inspiration is in the shower. Or I'll be listenening to something, like a sermon at church, or TV or even a song, and get inspiration. Almost like a picture to illustrate what I'm listening to. Then, in my mind I get all kinds of ideas that I can create from that. The problem is, that in my mind, everything is already done. And it's sometimes hard to translate the abstract pictures in my head into something that people can relate to.
I often think that my ideas aren't good enough for others to be interest in. But then I think about all the things that I see everyday that I think aren't that great, but people are buying them. The "singers" that can't sing, but people are listening to them. So if I think that my ideas might be good enough, chances are there are some others that will too. I guess I can be my own worst critic. But, as an artist, that's probably a good thing.
IDEAS
An idea is usually something I get from seeing or hearing something that already exists. For example, being in the graphic design field, you meet a lot of people that design their own Christmas cards. So why couldn't I do that too. I just did it in my own way. I made my kids draw all the pictures (Fuzz is Good). I guess the differnece is that ideas don't have all the magical(ness) that inspiration has.
Anyway, I notice that what makes people successful is that they're always trying. I can't stop, even if I think my ideas aren't that great. I know I'm not the best, but I also know that I'm not the worst. But if I stop trying, I'll never know.
INSPIRATION
One of the famous places people (including me) get inspiration is in the shower. Or I'll be listenening to something, like a sermon at church, or TV or even a song, and get inspiration. Almost like a picture to illustrate what I'm listening to. Then, in my mind I get all kinds of ideas that I can create from that. The problem is, that in my mind, everything is already done. And it's sometimes hard to translate the abstract pictures in my head into something that people can relate to.
I often think that my ideas aren't good enough for others to be interest in. But then I think about all the things that I see everyday that I think aren't that great, but people are buying them. The "singers" that can't sing, but people are listening to them. So if I think that my ideas might be good enough, chances are there are some others that will too. I guess I can be my own worst critic. But, as an artist, that's probably a good thing.
IDEAS
An idea is usually something I get from seeing or hearing something that already exists. For example, being in the graphic design field, you meet a lot of people that design their own Christmas cards. So why couldn't I do that too. I just did it in my own way. I made my kids draw all the pictures (Fuzz is Good). I guess the differnece is that ideas don't have all the magical(ness) that inspiration has.
Anyway, I notice that what makes people successful is that they're always trying. I can't stop, even if I think my ideas aren't that great. I know I'm not the best, but I also know that I'm not the worst. But if I stop trying, I'll never know.
3 Comments:
Somehow, creating "products" doesn't seem very Christian. Commercialism is not Christian. How do you reconcile this contradiction? I've always wondered.
Just curious.
Cheers.
3:21 PM
I'm not trying to be political or controversial, I simply use my talents to make a living. And why not use them in a positive way? This is just one way I express myself. I don't see how it's a contradiction. I'm a simple man. The bottom line is what I believe and how I live. Yes, I'm not perfect, but nobody is. Why over complicate things? It's all in the way you look at it.
9:34 PM
Christ was a carpenter. Paul was a tent maker.
Making tents and chairs doesn't seem very Christian either.
I wouldn't worry about sleeping in a tent Paul made, or sitting in a chair Christ crafted either.
They probably commanded a quality premium in the marketplace.
There is no contradiction in doing everything unto the Lord.
If your life is the Lord's - everything in your life is the Lords
Commercial enterprise can be performed in righteousness or sin.
Is the one doing it in Christ?
9:23 AM
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