When I went to New York for the Martha Stewart American Made Summit one of the very apparent themes throughout the entire day was authenticity. Being authentic to who you are. I think this is something I am working at day by day. In this world of technology and being able to reach people digitally now faster than ever it is hard to stay true to who you are as a designer, artist, creator and as a person in general.
It’s kind of a catch twenty two I think if you’re authentic you shouldn’t have to work at being authentic. However with creating I think this is something that you need to work at. It is so easy to look at Pinterest or Instagram and say “hey they are doing this I should be doing that”. This is where working at being authentic comes into play. I try really hard to be creatively stimulating to myself without copying what others are doing.
I recently had a moment where I noticed another artist was creating designs just like mine.  At first I got a bit upset and wanted to point out that stealing art is not ok but then I realized if I am true to my designs and creations then that is all that matters. If someone else finds them so beautiful that they want to recreate them then that’s on them. In the end if you are creating designs that are someone else’s you won’t be truly creative because you will always be looking for someone else to give you ideas.
Moral of the story is I plan on continuing to work on being authentically me.
Have a very Merry Christmas y’all and a Happy New Year.
xo
K. Rose