How do you suppose you could better prepare yourself as a maker of aesthetic objects/ ideas?
Being hyperaware of your surroundings is something infinitely important when it comes to becoming a maker of aesthetics. To know what you like or even just what catches your eye and makes you look and question an aspect of the design of the object/film/photo/outfit/song/etc. Staying open and broadening your horizons with new films, blogs, and reading also helps in sparking new ideas and aesthetics.
What are things you currently do to practice your creative muscle?
I feel like I do a lot, actually. I always have.
I have 2 tumblr blogs. One private / one public. They both mainly consist of photos I reblog and some that I take and post myself. I have had one of them since 2010. I’ve really always obsessed over the ideas of aesthetic and the look of something. (Usually having an existential crisis along the way from abandoning meaning and emphasizing how it looks.) (I’m joking.) (Kind of.)
I also have 2 instagrams. Same concept- one private and the other public.
The private is where I feel much more comfortable posting more unconventional aesthetics and truthful shots. No fronts. I think having a range of social medias is healthy. Especially being a private person. I mean, I just let my dad follow my real / mainstream account.
