Getting into Creative Writing... Writing my own reality.

I came to the realization that I am actually writing my own reality, my perception of the world, my opinion, widely accepted or not, to myself, this is my reality.

With my new found grasp on reality, I realized that I don’t need to live the words that everyone else has written for us. But it’s my occasion to write down my experiences so everyone else gets a chance to live the reality that I do.

A quick tweet or an short-winded blog, it’s about mastering my words. Translating my every day interactions to font; this curiosity has come a bit later in my life, but none-the-less I look forward to spraying ideas and experiences over our net, as vast as it extends with alphabet.

This isn’t my first punch at telling stories. I’ve pounded right and left mouse clicks, scuffed up my mouse pad through Photoshop, manufactured visual stories for governments, businesses, products & events, and caramelizing it to glossy paper; to spread messages of the people that paid me to create them. When asked what I do, “I am a commercial artist” I’d always say, an artist that was commissioned everyday for 15 years, who's art augmented economies, but today at the age of 30, I know I was just whore.

On my road to becoming a pro, and to grasp my reality, (I’ve actually calculated this out, day dreaming between art commissions) would take 2 hours, spanned over 3 years, considering the probability of you spending every day with me. I could then share with you what I’ve seen, the places I’ve walked by, where I’ve looked up, and thought to my self, “that design is mine”, and with the time it’d take to blink twice, shrugged it off and kept walking. I’ve always been secretly envious of students who felt the awe and could celebrate their art; where I, had a long list of clients waiting for me to produce their work.

So I figure, with the understanding that experience, shared verbally can come off as ego, and professionalism converted to print earns respect. I write my own reality and much like my visual stories, can fly freely, be replicated and shared an infinite number of times.

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Raoul
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