The Inner-Artist and Becoming Your Own Oracle

In the realm of art, through the engagement of your processes in the context of your ideas, become your oracle… Know your art; know yourself. The inner-artist is a voice, a calling, and the action of diving deep into discovering the interior of one’s unconscious mind through artistic expression. The unconscious is implausible; it has no ethics and no morals. These limits are formed as consciousness emerges from the subconscious layers into the world, so we constantly need to reconnect to it. The unconscious is honest, unexpected, unpredictable, infinite, irreverent, and inexhaustible; it is the source of all sources. Art becomes a path of personal exploration, manifesting to us as both an answer and a question.

Art is made by doing it, and in that doing arises the need to find one’s self; it is through the need to find meaning in something other than the anecdotical that the capacity of making art blossoms within us. When we incorporate artistic creation into our lives, we initiate a personal transformation derived from engaging in creative processes; the self becomes a composition of processes, and art becomes an oracle that speaks to us through its forms. The artist is a doer, and artists are defined by their doings—the originality of their works comes from how they see, feel, think, and represent the world. 

Art has no beginning and no end. It facilitates the possibility of starting at any moment, from any place, and in any situation; the center is everywhere, and the starting point is where we place it. There is beauty in the realization that we are never at the beginning or the end but always in the midst of becoming through making. Art allows us to explore ideas, emotions, and realities that cannot always be expressed through rational or theoretical language.

Your work should not be criticized or judged by a worldly definition. Art is a small word that attempts to define an expanding realm of human creativity, and it is constantly rewriting its definitions. Art encapsulates multiple notions of representation, audiences, topics, mediums, techniques, theories, histories, definitions, and forms. Art is not a little world but a universe, a cosmos of creations and infinite connections. Discovering the uniqueness within you involves finding the means to express your sense and sensibility for the human condition, as well as the distinct combination of experiences and perspectives of your particularity through any art form that deeply resonates with your ethos. 

Becoming “that artist,” to which you feel connected, means engaging the inner artist in a journey of self-discovery, resilience, and continuous growth. It is about recognizing and nurturing the creative spirit within each of us, often buried under layers of doubt, fear, and the hustle of daily life. For lack of better words, we call it a journey, but in reality, becoming the artist you want to become also requires practice, commitment, and perseverance. Consider self-exploration as insight and as a way to craft an artistic methodology. See yourself as a unique constellation of knowledge, experiences, and imagination in an ever-expanding universe of expressive possibility.

When we say “I/Me/You,” we draw a frame of perception, a territory, and a point of departure. In this interplay of perceptions, the self is genuinely triangulated as the sum of what others perceive, what one perceives oneself to be, and what one truly is. Art becomes a mirror and a window into one's self-perception. To be an artist is to dare to be extraordinary and to be no one but your true self. Through art, your inner artist asks you to go from self-expression to self-expansion, from being selfish to being selfless, to transcend the self and bring the abstract into form. If poetry is in your heart and imagination in your mind, there is something to say to the world with your art. Through doing art, you should materialize the poetry of your existence, crafting not just works of art but material extensions of your essence.