Fortunately the world has many types of artists, each with their own personal style of art, influences, and their own unique creative process.  Music and dance is important in my creative process.  I'm not ashamed to admit that I love to dance. That said, being an artist is not for sissies... Being a successful artist actually takes a lot of hard work, sheer determination, and having a clear vision!!! 

 

Being constantly criticized is normal in the art world.  So I constantly have to deploy creative strategies and techniques that ensure I stay happy and free myself from that criticism. Music and dancing has always been of such great importance in my art and personal life, is a source of joy, and plays such an important role in my creative process.  As an artist, I literally have to employ every muscle and fiber in my body to create art.  That's why dancing "liberate" and it frees up all my muscles and allows me to tap into my creative core. In this way I am like an ancient shaman. But I am not the first one to have discovered the power of dance as a creative movement. 

 

So before creating works of art it is not unusual for me to use dance as a source of "inspiration, creative energy, and movement".  In this sense, I'm like a "dancing warrior".  For me music and dance is absolutely "liberating" and fundamental to the core of my being.  That's why I'm showing this image of myself in my dance studio with a juxtaposition to an expressive drawing, dedicated to dance as a source of my joy and creativity. So many of my paintings have dancers...  Now I will let you in on a little secret: Dancing is the secret to my creativity as an artist!