Get To Know Contest

A recent problem that I encountered was when I was trying to create an entry for the Get to Know contest, which is an annual contest that encourages young people to create original works of art, writing, photography, videography and music inspired by nature. As an artist, I was drawn to the art category, especially since I was brimming with ideas after a year where I spent much of my time outdoors, camping and hiking. The possibilities seemed endless at the time. But as I drew sketch after sketch, erasing each one because none of them felt good enough, I grew increasingly frustrated with this task and as I sat in front of the now-grey canvas, I felt the want to give up on this project creep into me. The whole thing seemed futile now that I had exhausted all the ideas I had.
As I sat in front of my empty canvas contemplating what I should do, though, I knew that if I gave up on this project I’d never be able to let go of it and that this was something that I had to do. This was just another mental block, another hurdle, another roadblock thrown at me to see if I could overcome. From there it was clear what I needed to do to solve this problem. The first step to doing this was to figure out why I was having this problem. To do this, I grabbed a pad of paper and wrote down all the
When I went outside with a purpose to be present and take in the nature around me, I felt everything change and started seeing our world in a different way. The way the sunlight streamed through the trees painted itself on my canvas and I was actually made me excited to create art now, rather than just thinking of it as another to-do that I could just check off.
Now, with a coherent idea in my mind, I was able to make one of my favourite paintings and the first original artwork I’ve painted by