A Video Inspired by the Creatures of Celestina's House and Thoughts on My Creative Process.
I used to be a copywriter, then a clothing designer after that, so there's a strong graphic and kinetic component to my creative process. I find that doing something active like cooking or decorating, or something visual, like these videos and mood boards, energizes my writing. My day job also involves a lot of writing, so this visual form of blogging brings balance to my process.
While a lot of my work is mental and cerebral, I ultimately think it's unhealthy to live exclusively in your head, like so many do these strange, strange days. I'm prone to bouts of solitude, and I obviously spend a lot of time building worlds and characters in my imagination. However, I believe in staying grounded and tethered to reality. Authors, academics, creators of all stripes, like everyone, should live in the real world with all its drudgeries and occasional joys. I'm not talking about the limited, materialist, mechanistic world posited by dogmatic atheists and some nihilistic types. I'm talking about a reality that embraces matters beyond the tangible and measurable--the spiritual realities that are written in us and around us and are present to anyone who has chosen not to be blind to them.
Enjoy my midnight moodboards, dear readers. Now, get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning.
p.s. Being a creator myself, I understand how much labour goes into works of art. The images are curated from Pinterest and other open source outlets, and as such often have no credits. I take the time to do my own image search to find the name of the creator. The Lucifer drawing seen at the end of the video is by artist Guy Denning. The sculpture of the Batibat (Bangungot) is by Ian Balba via DeviantArt. I'm unable to find the name of the artist who did the opening drawing, but I'll let you know when I find out.
