The Vision

Sometimes in life there comes a time where you can't not see and notice things. I'm talking about the times where you work at certain job, or in school for a certain interest of yours. Say, if you're studying photography, you walk in the street, or anywhere else for that matter, and can't not see photographs everywhere. You see every tree as a good and beautiful photograph, a one that can be hanged at the art gallery. You see every crying child as art. Everything becomes art.
You're writing a movie, you start scripting every dialog between a mother and her child, because it sounds just like a hit movie.
You see a beautiful girl with a stunning dress walking past you, and you think about a runway show, you see the lights, the catwalk, the flashlights…
You get the picture.

It's the same with bags for me. And I get those pictures in other areas too, not only bags. Today I can't walk in the street and not see art. Whether it's photographs, fashion bulletin, a beautiful movie, even a music video. Anything goes in art.
When you're into something, it's all you see. You notice things, and it's all so clear.

When I walk in the street I see bag potentials everywhere. I see things that give me inspirations. Every tree, every flower, every bench. Not only the design itself that I get the inspiration from, but also the situation. Like, if I see a little girl shopping with her mom, I might think of designing a bag for that girl who likes to shop. It can be by colors, by shape, size, functionality, etc.

Not only that. Since I got myself real serious with the bags, I see bags everywhere. Before that I'd never stare at women's bags in the street. It didn't accrue to me to look. Today I dare to stare and critique, if I like it or not. I have to say that many bags I see in the streets in the area where I live I really like. I see beautiful bags around me.
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This is such a good thing to notice those things, because this way you also learn. What people like, what's "in" right now, what colors people prefer, materials, etc. I don't always look at people's bags just because they're pretty, but also because I can get a lot of information by doing that. So stare but don't scare!

Another thing that makes me happy, how much women today like bags. It's more than an accessory these days. And I know my job is to fulfill that need. The need for fashion, for functional ways to carry stuff. To show off your style and your personality.

Your entire vision changes once you get into something "Arty". And that's pretty amazing finding that out. It's fun too, because you feel deep and whole. Like you see things others don't. And every person who has this view sees something else. A green tree in a garden can seem to someone as a love story - two people meet under that tree and fall in love. But to another person, that green tree can be told as a horror story of a forest being cut off because it spells people to kill others.
And people who don't have that vision, will only see a green tree. A plant with leaves that big spiders nest in. just a tree. With no story, no inspiration, no purpose.

If you don't have that vision (yet?), I so recommend it! It will change your entire view on things. Will spread your brain into new dimensions, new realms. And that's an amazing thing to have when you're into arts and design. Just think outside the box and clear your mind; just let your imagination a freedom. You'll be amazed!