We all have been given the advice to find our passion. That we must find our passion to truly be happy. I remember hearing this catch phrase and asking myself what my passion was. I really had no clue what it would be or even how to find it. I continued to try and find this. I had many things in my life that made me happy but were they my passion? How do you know when you find your passion?
We do not find our passion, it finds us! It was by a seires of circumstances that I found what I currently consider my passion. I was taking a drawing class any by chance the instructor had an art exhibition and was going to be away from class for a few weeks. The instructor filling in just happen to be the printmaking instructor and did a three week printmaking intro to monotypes. I thought his was such a cool art process but little did I know where it was going to lead.
I had previously seen some of the work that the printmaking students were doing and thought it was amazing but never thought it would be something I would be interested in. The semester following my drawing class I took the printmaking class. I was totally enthralled by the whole process. One of the things I like most about it is how it engages so many parts of the mind. There is creativity, technical skills, and the analytical planning of the print. It completely takes your brain to another level of thinking, planning, and understanding of what is possible with this art form. I loved it. I didn’t know it then but I am definitely a process artist. It is the process that making it all amazing.
After two semesters of printmaking classes, I decided to take a semester break from printmaking. I was still doing some visual art work but nothing that was capturing my soul. This semester I took another print class and it was immediately clear. This was my passion. This is what makes my soul sing. There is nothing like finding that “thing” that makes your soul sing.
You don’t find your passion, it finds you!
Daylene Horn Art 