Nicole Dreiski

I totally forgot to post my blog on Nicole Dreiski's visit until I saw Leeper’s email. Here's what I had to say:

Nicole was really inspiring and grounding for me. I think many times I over think projects that I work on, and I get stressed, and I end up turning them into something that i can't appreciate. When Nicole said "The mind can't hold both negativity as appreciation" that really spoke to me. Not only in my own work but also in other's, I am learning to focus on the appreciation. This brings me back to the quote about if something is worth doing, it's worth doing badly. It is a skill that as artists we must learn to choose what we take away from all aspects of art. So often people complain about certain parts of, for example, a film. But as artists we must choose to appreciate what has made the film beautiful and we must choose to not focus on the negative. After all, Nicole said we are simply temporary owners of our bodies. We create for God, not ourselves.