My son, Cameron, just graduated from the
Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts.
The program boasts alumni such as Zac Efron, Robin Williams, and Kathy Bates to name drop a few.
Oh, look. There's Cameron now as Pericles, in Shakespeare's Pericles Prince of Tyre.
Besides overt parental bragging, I wanted to share with you the concept of the creative well that Cameron learned from one of his amazing acting teachers.
Our creative well is what we draw from when we create art, be it acting, painting, writing...
It is important to acknowledge the well is not a source with an endless supply. Not only that, but you as the artist are the only one who can fill it.
Art isn't created by just those moments when you sit alone in your artistic space. It's born from the marriage of external inspiration and internal creativity.
As an artist, you must identify what nourishes and keeps your creative well brimming with the raw material necessary for your creative process.
Is is live theatre? Movies? Poetry? Sunsets? Music? The Beach? A hike? The forest?
You must stay connected to the world you are trying to reflect with your art.
For me, it's live theatre. It's the world I'm from and a world I need to stay in touch with to maintain artistic motivation. I just saw a performance by the national touring company of Porgy and Bess. The experience was as close to being in the presence of artistic perfection as I've ever been.
My well runneth over with inspiration.
What fills your creative well?
