Hi friends,
Somehow, I've never written about my personal philosophy of creative expression before. I started thinking about it because of watercolors, but this first part is just about poetry.
Self expression in poetry: There is no outside the self
You don't need to talk about your feelings or yourself to express yourself through art and creativity. You can make art about the world, make it as realistic as you'd like, and it is still self-expression. Anything you might create about the world outside yourself, is also about you. Because you always observe the world, your point of view changes the world you see and is always present in your depictions of it. Further, what you think of as the world outside is a model in your mind made of your assembled sense-impressions. The thing you normally think of "the world" is you.
Thanks for reading and see you on the internet!
AK