Art that Inspires—

It must be that second time I went to a museum with my design classmates and teacher back in 2014, it was my very first semester and this little trip was mainly for a project, I really enjoyed it so much, my third time was then in Medellín, a year later (in 2015) and where I got to take a photo of this amazing porcelain set from Alejandro Obregón. What these two have in common is this blue china print I have been obsessed with as long as I can remember, and as much as I've gone back to wearing neutrals colors, this print happens to be my favorite one yet and it always reminds me of that day with my classmates at the museum, where I also picked a little detail from a painting and it had this exact print (well similar, but you know  I mean this "blue-white print") , I got inspired by it and created my own after so many tries. 

Same thing happened with this dress, when I saw it in this online store I was browsing at, it took me back to these two times, times that I can't seem to forget but cherish instead despite of everything, I also thought that it would be the perfect addition to my wardrobe, and one of my outfits for last year's trip to Cartagena. I didn't doubt and I knew I had to get it, so I bought it. More than a fashion piece, it holds now more of a sentimental value/meaning for me even though I didn't design it myself. I wanted to wear it the day I took that Catamaran ride but opted for wearing something else, days went by so quickly and didn't get to wear it until one day, I had this idea on mind to do a quick mini photo shoot at home and got to wear it, I actually shot these self-portrait photos (last year, like a week or two later after my trip) on my iphone, a very spontaneous photo shoot just like all the photos I am in and they turned out pretty good, I never got to share them until now because I didn't like the editing at first, months later I tried again and again for so many times and here they finally are and I rarely name my self-portraits but this one is going to be "art that inspires".

Never thought photos would come out like this, nor never thought of this post when I started writing it but feeling it and just went with my emotions as I wrote because it all felt like it was linked one another, at the end of the day no matter how many things I own with this print on it, it'll take me back to that 2nd visit to the museum, a major university throwback.

PS: This was the painting that inspired me back then, but my inspiration for my project was the print on the cup. I'm even ashamed to share what I did because now that I look at it looks terribly bad even if I tried millions of times but that project has such a special meaning to me that I shouldn't care on about how it looks like nowadays, I mean this is what happens years later when you look back to the past and back then it was a good design for me. I will also dare to mention that this was a trial and error of a project as I was trying my best to use watercolors for the very first time mayhap(?) with no knowledge at all, like I mentioned I did try so many times until got the very final result, but above all the best advice I could ever get and needed the most to hear at that time: "Believe in yourself". I was so insecure with my designs during that first semester - well most of them - and I also had so many doubts and thought they'd never show, but once I heard these words coming out of my teacher's mouth, a brand new chapter began and this will be the type of art that will inspire me always. 

Hope you guys loved this post and much as I loved working on it and enjoyed writing! Hope you're all doing great wherever you are, stay safe! xo  

DRESS | Review Moda (similar here & here)  EARRINGS | local store  HANDFAN | gifted

Edit: Hi, it's next day, Sunday and just wanted to let you know that along with these photos there's also a little video ft some outfit details and that I happened to post it today on my Youtube channel. Hope you can watch it at least! :)