00:00How do you keep the flame of art burning when you lack recognition?
00:08How do I do that?
00:10The other day on my podcast, Fala Casco Assi, I reflected on something that has been with me forever.
00:18My desire to express myself artistically.
00:23This desire has always been enormous, and I threw myself into the arts.
00:29Photography, collage, theater, crafts – I've all done it.
00:37I was immersing myself in these art forms thinking that somehow they would allow me to show what I had inside.
00:48From me.
00:48I truly believe that if you don't feel that urge to create, it's a violent need to express yourself.
01:03If you don't understand what distinguishes a true artist from anyone else,
01:13If you don't feel that urge to create, that, how can I put it, that overwhelming passion to express yourself,
01:25You'll never understand the soul of an artist.
01:29And today we're going to delve into the reality of the average artist, the one who balances life, work, and that uncontrollable flame.
01:37We will show how inspiration, just as Psalm 23 reminds us that we will lack nothing, is always there, at
01:45waiting for our gaze.
01:46The photographer knows when and where he's going, but he doesn't know what he's going to see.
01:52to bring,
01:53Because he works alone, he is light, he moves with ease to follow, to predict, to anticipate,
02:04To predict the light, predict the frame, and in that fraction of a second, you capture the image.
02:10For me, photography has never been a matter of technique.
02:17I wanted to capture that moment.
02:20I don't care about ISO, aperture, or techniques.
02:28I care about what's there, what I want to show.
02:32It's something I look for in objects, what I want to convey, in objects, in people.
02:43That's what I was saying before, the idea of creating with that object.
02:48The urge to look through the viewfinder and capture the moment.
02:54That's the principle of photography.
02:57For the average artist, life is not just a sequence of tasks, but a universe of potential inspirations.
03:04It's as if the eyes are always tuned in, searching for what pulsates, what calls out, what deserves to be captured.
03:12Inspiration doesn't set a time to arrive.
03:16It emerges from a sensitivity that allows one to see art where most people only see everyday things.
03:25Inspiration is found in everyday life, in the chair, in the graffiti-covered wall.
03:32It is in ordinary things that artists manage to elevate that object.
03:40Now, all you need is a keen eye for observation.
03:46Besides having sensitivity, you have to have a thirst for recording.
03:54It's the little details that pass you by.
03:58And what is the difference between a person who doesn't have an artistic eye and a person who does?
04:05She knows how to capture that detail and channel it into the cloud of art, and then have it like a jewel, like a...
04:17Cut diamond.
04:18It doesn't matter if you're a writer who jots down ideas on napkins, a musician who composes on the subway, or a
04:25Illustrator who doodles in meetings.
04:27Inspiration is a constant flow for those who are attentive, for those who have this yearning to create.
04:33For the average artist, the solution is unwavering passion.
04:38It's a belief that everything you have inside you will be recognized someday.
04:47Is it difficult? Very.
04:48But I'm sure that when you have your dream field inside you, they will come, as
05:00People will arrive.
05:01It's this passion that fuels rehearsals, editing, arguments, everything.
05:09The smell of the paint, the difficulties of production, it's all worth it for those few seconds that your exhibition takes to open.
05:22Something will come out in video.
05:25I know what kind of artist you are, but that debut, that moment stepping onto the stage, all the problems,
05:36Everything in those few seconds that you're there, you'll...
05:40That moment, that second, makes it all worthwhile.
05:46Think of the street artists, the musicians who play for love,
05:50for comedians who test their jokes on small stages,
05:53In circus performers, we see people dedicating hours to practicing a single movement.
05:58For them, the applause may not come from a crowd.
06:01But the certainty that it would work out arises in much more intimate and powerful moments.
06:07In the journey of an average artist, I had a teacher who said that artists are resilient.
06:16that we had to be like bamboo, that it goes, it bends, it comes, it goes...
06:28And that's it, that's the average artist in Brazil and probably in the world.
06:36because we are the ones who keep this machine called art in motion,
06:43And we feel the unwavering need to create.
06:49We don't need gigantic resources,
06:55nor do we need million-dollar promotions to have a costume, a square,
07:04Okay, sure, money is nice, being in the spotlight is nice,
07:13But that's not the solution; if you take everything away from the artist, he will still be an artist.
07:21It's the musician who transforms their bedroom into a studio, using their own cell phone to capture a melody.
07:27It is the writer who finds refuge for ideas in the notepad on their smartphone.
07:32jotting down phrases anywhere, anytime.
07:36In our world today, everything seems to require equipment.
07:41A new camera, a new cell phone, several apps.
07:49You go to the stories on your phone, oh, make your face look pretty, make it...
07:56But I've always thought this way: what's the point of taking a pretty picture if, when push comes to shove,
08:05You have to show your face.
08:08And in art, even though artificial intelligence and such exist now,
08:16In art, we create for real.
08:19The more technology is lacking and high-tech gadgets are absent, the more creativity abounds.
08:30The real wealth lies in your creativity, in making something out of nothing.
08:37That's exactly it.
08:39And the more you do everything with nothing, the more full of yourself you will become.
08:47Beautiful, isn't it?
08:48I'm not usually this philosophical.
08:52It is the certainty that the Lord is my shepherd.
08:54I will lack nothing if I manifest myself in the ability to transform the everyday into art.
08:59and limitations in creativity.
09:01Did you identify with the video?
09:06Then comment.
09:07Leave a comment and tell me.
09:10What is your way of expressing yourself?
09:13I am Cassi Cassi.
09:14Goodbye.
09:15Until the next video.
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