It doesn’t matter what you use
Art students, photographers, and creatives tend to fixate on tools. Particularly the tools used by their creative heroes.
In painting workshops I’ve attended, fellow students insisted on knowing the exact colors used by the instructor, as well as the type of canvas, brand of paintbrushes, etc. They think if they use the same tools they’ll get the same results.
In an interview, Jeremy Mann shared the following insights:
“It’s not what’s in your hands, it’s what’s in your head. These damn tools in our clumsy mitts are actually the hindrance to creating a great painting, so the only way to get around that hurdle is to spend the time, energy, expertise and intelligence to figure that tool out, find all the marks it can possibly make that I enjoy, and then I will be able to express directly what’s in my head. But then, having realized that is the solution, I spin slowly around my studio, my brow furrowed again (the way it does just before a discovery) … ‘I can use anything, then…’ Yes! And I’ve since moved far beyond these days, using 4-foot rollers, door jambs, windshield wipers, bottles, liquids, spit, whatever! And therein lies the foundational theories of style and uniqueness in artistry. It doesn’t matter what you use, it’s what you know and how you use those tools which sing their notes to your soul alone, with which to make your unique mark on the world.”
The reality is that you don’t need the best equipment to create. What you need is your own, authentic vision, and the motivation to start. The tools will find you, and they don’t have to be expensive high-end stuff.
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” -Carl Jung
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