Mike's Creativity Blog

 I'm going to talk about a song created by Porter Robinson for this post. There's something about him that really inspires me in regard to creativity, and I hope you all can take inspiration from him as well.  In his song "Mirror" released late 2020 (now a part of his album Nurture, Porter discusses the idea of shame and how our mental dialect is critical to not only our mental health, but pursuing our dreams and goals, our creative ideas, and everything those entail. In an interview, Porter discussed how twitter used to be a big part of his shameful mindset -- how he always started to think about himself like his biggest hater. Anything he thought of would be met with a very negative, twisted perspective that he could see someone else saying. Obviously, no one was telling these things to him, and he was damaging his creativity by existing with this mindset. In the end of his song "Mirror," we can see his revelation of this destructive thought process, and h

 I wrote my creative individual paper on Porter Robinson, a genre impacting artist in the realm of edm and more. I am going to link a video of a podcast where he talks about his creative struggles throughout his incredible story incase anyone is interested in learning more. In 2021, he released his latest album Nurture after being in a creative draught for years. In a video by Spotify titled "Nurture Walk," Porter Robinson tells the audience to "Make your own favorite thing." He explains that if we are making things for other people, we are guessing in a way, and it's not easy to get it right. Why not make what we want to make? Why not make our own favorite thing? Won't that bring us the most joy? While this is a simple idea, I feel as though it can be lost in the chaos of the world around us. I hope this can be a reminder for you all: make what you want to make. Make your own favorite thing, enjoy the process, and love the result. Podcast link: https://www.

 I spend a lot of my time consuming YouTube content. In particular, I follow a lot of creative people in the world of animation and illustration, but also just channels that interest me (things like science, astronomy, funny content, stories, true crime). I stumbled across an interview with Jeremy Vickery hosted by Kelsey Rodriguez. Jeremy is one of the top professionals in the film industry when it comes to animation, color, and currently, augmented reality. During this interview, he mentioned the idea of breathing, and while he didn't spend minutes and minutes describing this idea, he felt that it was important enough to mention multiple times.  "Breath in, Breath out." If I recall correctly, his idea of breathing was about taking time to absorb material, and then taking time to translate into skills or something else. An example would be learning how to draw the torso in anatomy. If one constantly practices anatomy without proper reference and study habits, they may no