@BlackOreoCookie contacted me this week asking how to kickstart the inspiration that they used to have and find again the "Voice they had when they were younger."

In this video I give my thoughts on the problem - a problem that faces almost every artist or creative person at some time.

BlackOreoCookie post said: "I feel like I lost the passion and the "voice" I had when I was younger. When I started to take art seriously, I feel like I completely forgot why I did art in the first place. I still love it, and I still practice, but my art feels empty and scattered all over the place. I don't feel like I have a message anymore that could function as a foundation for the meaning behind and the style of my art. How do I get it back? Or do I need to get a new one? This is quite frustrating to me :("

Art doesn't not need to have a message. It can just be a pastime - it can be for design or decoration.

A "voice" is something that grows in confidence and volume with practice and experience. Youth is a wonderful thing. You might think you know it all when you are young, but you soon realise that you don't and then comes the time to put in the work. Draw - paint - sketch - whatever it is that you do.

Learn ceaselessly. Involve yourself in ideas and other points of view. See things, experience things, and eventually you will come to make firm conclusions about life. Then you will probably want to tell people about your beliefs and what you have discovered. That's when your voice begins to gain power and clarity.

Good luck :)

With award winning illustrator, Shoo Rayner

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