Megan Jentsch

I spent the last 3 weeks consuming consciously and it reignited my soul.

The truth is, constantly viewing someone else’s end results can make one feel overwhelmed. This was me and I started looking at my creativity from the outside-in, putting it in a box then labelling it with constricting terms. The result started leading me down a path of comparing, doubt, shame and imposter syndrome. The truth is I am a collective of many labels, a painter, interior designer, graphic designer, brand identity designer, and the list goes on.

I decided to take a step back and reflect on what made me love being an artist to begin with.

What makes me happy is to experience the journey of creating and then sharing the outcome with others.

I decided to create a mini project every other day over the course of 28 days in any desired medium (not just painting). Focusing on the topic that inspires me the most: human emotion. More specifically I chose a topic that I felt was very was needed more of in the world today. The theme was based around “Vulnerability”, inspired by Rene Brown’s life work studying topics of courage, vulnerability, shame and empathy.  Motivated by her words “ When you shut down vulnerability, you shut down opportunity”.

The results were amazing, I felt more creative, curious and happy in my life. I felt grateful that every moment that would be spent digesting curated feeds were used to create instead. I started taking risks in both my professional and personal life, which resulted in new outcomes from my typical daily life. 

For many of us, living without technology isn’t an option but learning to live with it is critical. Consuming consciously is choice we can all make in this rapidly - changing, digital world, while still remaining open and vulnerable.