01| shifting sources
what's in your tank?
a song to set the tone: Changes by Charles Bradley/Black Sabbath
Hello, hello!
Welcome to Kreation Space, a space dedicated to reflection, connection, and inspiration. Thank you for taking time out of your day (or night) to read this! Today, I’ll be sharing my reflections from that and talk about my transition from Kay's POV to KVOZIA.
Fortune cookie of the day: “A sustainable energy enriches all. Cheap fuel enriches ourself in the short term..”
So apparently, I’ve had a camera on hand very early on, alongside my crayons and Strawberry Shortcake coloring books. Throughout my high school years though, it’s fair to say my curiosity about creativity skyrocketed out of nowhere. Picking up the camera began to feel as refreshing as that first breath of air you breathe after being held underwater. I started going by Kay’s POV at the time. Meeting people and seizing those moments that were filled with an air of wholesomeness, mystery, and naivety. Photography saved me in many ways and began to be a catalyst for positivity in my life. However, at some point, after learning rules and tricks of the trade, my curiosity didn’t fuel me anymore. And now in the face of rejection, after being ostracized and misunderstood, my fuel source switched…
My fuel source went from something so pure to something so cheap. I started to develop a strong sense of competitiveness, no longer in the sports I played but now in the arts. Driving me was the desire to prove others wrong and to make those who hurt me feel regret. To make them not only see me but respect me. Long story less long, it did not work. Regardless, I carried on and continued building. It was all I knew at this point and became like rituals to me. Through consistency and failing, I unconsciously began to level up a bit on a personal and creative level. But the old, cheap fuel loomed and no longer served me any purpose. It was like trying to put gasoline in a Tesla…
Changing my energy source to a more sustainable one was the obvious answer that only recently clicked for me. Through new friends, healing, greater conversations, questions, & experiences, it became clear to me. Switching my source required me to think bigger picture and integrate my core values/morals as Ka’Vozia Glynn into the branding and art of KVOZIA.
My sustainable source now is charged by me embracing a solarpunk lifestyle and truly learning to embody it throughout every sector in my life. It’s such a relief to let go of that old, cheap fuel that stems from insecurities and a desire to be the best simply for ego’s sake. A beautiful, direct consequence of this change is the art I create now as KVOZIA being way more fly than ever before.
What’s currently fueling you in your endeavors? Anybody burnout and on E at the moment? Feel free to comment below or respond back to this email with your honest insights. I’m looking forward to hearing these responses! Thank you for reading, subscribing, and inviting others to subscribe. Until next time…
Much love,
K
Digging into my own creative drives is something I could do for hours, and that’s after already doing it for hours multiple times, either writing about it or podcasting about it or conversations about it.
At first I wanted to change the world but the digger I dug the more I discovered all other kinds of things driving me. I feel much different relationship to art now.
I never heard solarpunk before. I’m a little allergic to labels but I like it!