I have some updates to share with you. I have added a new page to the website where you can find a link to videos which I am now making. I have decided to begin recording myself making art in order to share my process and hopefully provide entertaining content for you. If you are like me, you may enjoy watching people make art because it is an enigmatic and exciting process where humans dance with chaos and order, form and color. Bob Ross is one of my greatest influences and inspired me so much growing up and I admit I am definitely taking a little bit from his playbook in deciding to make art videos.
This is a new process for me because I do not have any experience with recording or editing videos. It has been a lot of fun so far experimenting with this new medium and content creation process. I already recognize that every video I learn new things and figure out ways to improve my videos. I know that video editing and also recording in general are arts in and of themselves. I am always trying to learn new useful things. The way I see it, every time I make a painting and record it, I have made two pieces of art in one. I get excited that every time I make a painting, I can also make a video. I want to share the process of art creation with you in order to entertain and inspire but also to simply record my experiences.
“Philosophy has a way of creeping its way into everything I do. “
I have plans for many different types of future content as well. For now, I have been experimenting with creating time-lapse videos and I am very much enjoying this. It feels like a simple but powerful start. But in the amorphous future, I hope to have videos where I talk about different topics related to art and creating in general. There is a lot of territory to cover. There is also the possibility of interviews and other different content like this. I want to talk to other artists about all things art. Philosophy has a way of creeping its way into everything I do.
I am hoping that providing free video content will create new avenues for connecting with people over art and creativity. I have decided to use the Rumble platform over Youtube because of the censorship occurring on that platform. Maybe this is divisive because the state of the world has everyone at each other’s throats these days and I realize that we are all used to Youtube and that the new and unfamiliar can sometimes be off putting. I am always willing to walk down a new path and go against the grain. But I feel as though Rumble is a platform which can only grow from where it’s at due to its commitment to providing a censorship free environment, while Youtube is a behemoth which has reached its apex and is stifling people. Youtube used to be the grassroots alternative to the hegemony, but now it has become the very thing which it replaced. This is my opinion, you may disagree.
Something about me is that I will always support platforms and technologies which bring power and freedom back into the hands of normal people. All of the programs I use to make my content are open source free software. This means that these programs are not proprietary software from a large tech company where the source code is hidden and potentially abusive to its users and their freedoms. I use Gimp over Photoshop, OBS software to record and stream, Openshot video editor to edit my videos, and the Rumble platform to publish them. Using Rumble is just more consistent with my preference of seeking out tools with more personal freedom.
With all that being said, please check out the videos and subscribe to my Rumble channel in order to be updated when I release new video content. I am going to do this regularly because I am always making artwork. Thank you for supporting me in this new project. There are many future developments planned in the pipeline. Every day I am working hard to push my artwork and creative projects forward!